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Thermodynamic measurements of magnetic ordering in antiferromagnetic superlattices

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Direct measurements of heat capacity from 80 to 540 K of antiferromagnetic superlattices of NiO, CoO, and MgO are used to study the effect of exchange coupling and layer thickness on magnetic ordering.
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Direct measurements of heat capacity from 80 to 540 K of antiferromagnetic superlattices of NiO (high Neel temperature TN ), CoO (low TN ), and MgO (nonmagnetic) are used to study the effect of exchange coupling and layer thickness on magnetic ordering. NiOyCoO superlattices with thin layers show a single heat capacity peak similar to a Ni0.5Co0.5O alloy; with increasing layer thickness, the peak splits into two maxima. Finite size effects are seen in uncoupled NiO and CoO. Observed shifts in TN show the importance of correlation lengths and spin fluctuations in the ordering. [S0031-9007(96)01343-9]

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Design and read performance of GMR heads with NiO

TL;DR: In this article, the NiO/NiFe/Co/CuNiFe films have been designed, fabricated, and their read performance was tested, and it was shown that output was reduced significantly when the exchange coupling field on the pinned layer was smaller than 200 Oe due to tilting of the magnetization of the NiFe layer.