Enhancing the blocking temperature of perpendicular-exchange biased Cr2O3 thin films using buffer layers

In this study, we investigated the effect of buffer layers on the blocking temperature (TB) of perpendicular exchange bias of thin Cr2O3/Co exchange coupled films with a Ru spacer and revealed a high TB of 260 K for 20-nm-thick Cr2O3 thin films. By comparing the TB values of the 20-nm-thick Cr2O3 fi...

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Main Authors: Naoki Shimomura, Satya Prakash Pati, Tomohiro Nozaki, Tatsuo Shibata, Masashi Sahashi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIP Publishing LLC 2017-02-01
Series:AIP Advances
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4977714