Competitive antiferromagnetic and ferromagnetic coupling in a CrSe/Fe/GaAs(111)B structure

C. Wang; B. Zhang; B. You; S. K. Lok; S. K. Chan; X. X. Zhang; G. K.L. Wong; I. K. Sou

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Competitive antiferromagnetic and ferromagnetic coupling in a CrSe/Fe/GaAs(111)B structure

C. Wang^*, B. Zhang, B. You, S. K. Lok, S. K. Chan, X. X. Zhang, G. K.L. Wong, I. K. Sou

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A novel transition from the negative exchange bias (NEB) to the positive exchange bias (PEB), due to coexistent and competitive ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic coupling in a molecular-beam-expitaxy-grown CrSe/Fe/GaAs(111)B structure, is described. The source of the unusual PEB effect was found to originate from the interface at the hetero-junction of Fe/GaAs(111)B while the NEB effect resulted from the CrSe/Fe bilayer structure. Phenomenological models are presented to explain the mechanism of the PEB effect and the varying asymmetry of the magnetic hysteresis of this structure as a function of the measured temperature.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	023916
Journal	Journal of Applied Physics
Volume	104
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2960500
State	Published - 2008

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Competitive antiferromagnetic and ferromagnetic coupling in a CrSe/Fe/GaAs(111)B structure

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