Influence of an interface layer on the effective coupling at a ferromagnet/antiferromagnet interface

• Main Authors: Chew, Khian Hooi, Stamps, R.L.
• Format: Article
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: QC Physics
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/8231/; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304885309002893

We examine the exchange anisotropy induced at a ferromagnetic/antiferromagnetic interface when an antiferromagnetic interface layer exists. We show that competition between exchange couplings in the interface layer can result in a ferrimagnetic-like compensation point. This leads to a reversal of th...