• Journal of Magnetics
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.94-97
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• 2002

The dependence on nickel oxide thickness and a ferromagnetic layer thickness in unidirectional and isotropic exchange-coupled NiO/NiFe(Fe) bilayer films was investigated by magnetic force microscopy to better understand the relation between magnetic domain structure and exchange biasing at microscopic length scales. As the NiO thickness increased, the domain structure of unidirectional biased films formed smaller and more complex in-plane domains. By contrast, for the isotropically coupled films, large domains generally formed with increasing NiO thickness including a cross type domain with out-of plane magnetization orientation. The density of the cross domain is proportional to exchange biasing field, and the fact that the domain mainly originated from the strongest exchange coupled region was confirmed by imaging in an applied external field during a magnetization cycle.

• Journal of Magnetics
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.9-13
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• 2002

The dependences of microscopic magnetic domain on film thickness in unidirectional and isotropic exchange-coupled NiO/NiFe bilayers were investigated by magnetic force microscopy to better understand for exchange biasing. As NiO thickness increases, microscopic domain structure of unidirectional biased film changed to smaller and more complicated domains. However, for isotropic-coupled film a new cross type domain appeared with out-of plane magnetization orientation. The density of the cross domain is proportional to exchange biasing fields and the fact that the domain was originated by the strongest exchange coupling region was confirmed from the dynamic domain configuration during a magnetization cycle.

• 한국자기학회:학술대회 개요집
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• 한국자기학회 1998년도 추계연구발표회 논문개요집
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• pp.18-19
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• 1998

• Journal of Magnetics
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.66-69
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• 2006

Local magnetization reversal in the exchange-biased NiFe/FeMn and $[Pd/Co]_5/FeMn$ multilayers with in-plane and out-of-plane magnetic anisotropy was achieved by using laser annealing. The local annealed NiFe/FeMn film under the opposite magnetic field shows a magnetoresistance (MR) curve having two symmetric peaks at the positive and negative exchange biasing field (${\pm}H_{ex}$). The intensity of the nucleated MR peak rises as the exposed area extends during the laser annealing process, and the peak disappears under the reverse magnetic field. In the case of [Pd/Co]/FeMn films, the local magnetization reversal increased gradually as the laser power increases. The locally reversed magnetization was restored under the opposite magnetic field.

• 한국자기학회:학술대회 개요집
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• 한국자기학회 2003년도 하계학술연구발표회 및 한.일 공동심포지엄
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• pp.72-73
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• 2003

• 한국자기학회:학술대회 개요집
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• 한국자기학회 1998년도 추계연구발표회 논문개요집
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• pp.16-17
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• 1998

• 한국자기학회:학술대회 개요집
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• 한국자기학회 1999년도 추계연구발표회 논문개요집
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• pp.96-97
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• 1999

• Journal of Magnetics
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.23-25
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• 2000

We have investigated the effects of Ar and$O_2$-ion milling on the exchange coupling field ($H_{ex}$) and coercive field ($H_c$) at the interfaces between substrates and NiO/NiFe films, to understand the exchange biasing mechanism. The $O_2$-ion milling was successfully performed by means of the electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) process. We found that the local roughness gradient of the NiO surface increased by $O_2$-ion milling. The ratio of $H_{ex}/H_c$ increased from 0.87 to 1.77, whereas $H_c$ decreased by almost a half as a results of the ion milling. The decrease in $H_c$could be interpreted as due to the refinement of magnetic domain size, which arose from the increase of the local roughness gradient of the NiO surface. The decrease in low $H_c$, and increase in $H_{ex}$ in NiO spin valves by ECR-ion milling are in the right direction far use in magnetoresistance (MR) heads.

• 한국자기학회:학술대회 개요집
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• 한국자기학회 2007년도 The 1st International Symposium on Advanced Magnetic Materials
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• pp.158.1-158.1
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• 2007

• 한국자기학회지
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.103-108
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• 2002

나노옥사이드(nato-oxide layer, NOL) 층이 고정층에 첨가된 스펙큘라 스핀밸브(specular spin valve)와 NOL이 없는 기본 스핀 밸브를 UHV 스퍼터 시스템에서 FeMn 반강자성층을 사용하여 탑 및 바텀 형 스핀밸브를 제조하였으며, 제조한 시료의 열처리 온도에 따른 자기저항 특성 및 교환바이어스 특성을 비교 분석하였다. 탑 형 스핀밸브에서는 NOL이 있는 경우 25$0^{\circ}C$ 열처리에서 9.2%의 자기저항비를 얻을 수 있었으며, 바텀 형 스핀밸브에서는 25$0^{\circ}C$ 열처리에서 10.1%의 자기저항비를 얻을 수 있었다. 따라서 바텀 형 스핀밸브가 탑 형 스핀밸브보다 고정층에 첨가된 NOL의 스펙큘라 반사 효과가 높아 자기저항비가 증가함을 확인하였다. 또한 바텀 형 스핀밸브에서 25$0^{\circ}C$ 이상의 열처리시 NOL이 있는 경우가 NOL이 없는 경우보다 28 % 이상의 교환바이어스 증가를 보였다. 이와 같은 원인은 NOL이 첨가된 고정층의 자기모멘트의 감소와 X-선 회절 분석 결과로부터 NOL의 첨가에 따른 강화된 (111) FeMn집합조직 때문이라고 판단된다.