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The intentional dilution is realized by implementing non-magnetic defects in the bulk of the AFM. Under certain conditions, DAFF develops in a metastable domain state after cooling below the Néel-temperature in an external magnetic field. These domains carry a remanent domain state magnetization. One part of the domain state magnetization, the so-called irreversible domain state magnetization, provides the exchange coupling field at the interface to the FM layer giving rise to the EB. The stability and the size of the domains in the AFM and therefore the EB can be controlled by the number of defects and their different types throughout the volume part of the AFM. In this work, the experimental evidences of a direct influence of different types of defects (twins and 3d-growth as structural defects and dilution as substitutional defects) on the EB in epitaxially grown CoO/Co bilayers are presented. 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One part of the domain state magnetization, the so-called irreversible domain state magnetization, provides the exchange coupling field at the interface to the FM layer giving rise to the EB. The stability and the size of the domains in the AFM and therefore the EB can be controlled by the number of defects and their different types throughout the volume part of the AFM. In this work, the experimental evidences of a direct influence of different types of defects (twins and 3d-growth as structural defects and dilution as substitutional defects) on the EB in epitaxially grown CoO/Co bilayers are presented. 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