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« Friday May 07, 2010 »
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Physics students' visit to FEI Start: 2010-05-07 08:00 End: 2010-05-07 18:00 FEI, Hillsboro is hosting a a day of exploration for OSU Physics grad and undergrad students by opening up its lab. The visit will provide insights into the possibilities for a career in physics, but it is not a recruiting function. Lunch and refreshments will be provided. The plan is to introduce FEI to the group, provide presentations on the technology and how people with physics backgrounds contribute to FEI's business. Following that will be an Exchange bias: a microscopic understanding of exchange anisotropy in Fe/MnF2 bilayers Start: 2010-05-07 09:30 End: 2010-05-07 10:30 A microscopic understanding of the Ferromagnetic/Antiferromagnetic (F/AF) direct exchange coupling or exchange biasing has been elusive for the over 45 years since its was discovered. In part, the almost exclusive use of hysteresis loops to study the phenomenon has limited our understanding. A new experimental technique was developed to study the exchange coupling between a ferromagnet and antiferromagnet [Appl. Phys. Lett. 69,3932-3931 (1996)]. This new technique has enjoyed considerable success in explaining many