Magnetoresistance and planar Hall effects in submicron exchange-coupled NiO/Fe19Ni81 wires

Magnetization reversal processes of submicron NiO/Fe19Ni81 exchange-coupled Hall cross with a variable width in the range from 0.2 to 0.4 μm were studied by the magnetoresistivity and the planar Hall effect measurements. The magnetization reversal was found to take place via a coherent rotation in the Hall cross, suggesting that the size of the antiferromagnetic domain is regulated by the wire width. The magnitude of the exchange coupling field Hex varied in proportion to the inverse wire width.