*Register * or Login: Password: Quick Search: within *10 of 20* *Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials* Volume 123, Issue 3 , 2 May 1993, Pages 320-324 This Document *Abstract* Abstract + References PDF (382 K) Actions E-mail Article doi:10.1016/0304-8853(93)90459-F Copyright © 1993 Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. Magnetic coupling in Fe/Cr/Fe sandwich structures directly observed by polarised neutron reflection * * *J. A. C. Bland^a <#aff1>^, ^ <#m4.cor*>, R. D. Bateson^a <#aff1>, N. F. Johnson^a <#aff1>, S. J. Blundell^a <#aff1>, V. S. Speriosu^b <#aff2>, S. Metin^b <#aff2>, B. A. Gurney^b <#aff2> and J. Penfold^c <#aff3> * ^a Cavendish Laboratory, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0HE, UK ^b IBM Research Division, Almaden Research Center, 650 Harry Road, San Jose, CA 95120, USA ^c Rutherford-Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, OX11 0QX, UK Available online 6 August 2002. Abstract We have used polarised neutron reflection to directly determine the vector orientation of the individual Fe layer average magnetisations in an antiferromagnetically coupled 50 ÅFe/15 ÅCr/50 ÅFe sandwich structure prepared by sputtering. The spin dependent neutron wave in the multilayer structure is represented by a two component spinor and the resulting reflected intensity is found to be highly sensitive to variations in the orientations of the layer-dependent magnetisation vectors, permitting the preferred orientation of the average magnetisation in each Fe layer to be studied. The saturated state is found to correspond to a uniform ferromagnetic alignment of the Fe layer magnetisations. At low field, we are able to assess the degree to which the magnetic alignment is fully antiparallel, and conclude that our results are consistent with the development of a multidomain structure. ^ <#m4.bcor*> /Correspondence to:/ Dr. J.A.C. Bland, Cavendish Laboratory, Madingley Road, , Cambridge, CB3 0HE, , UK. This Document *Abstract* Abstract + References PDF (382 K) Actions E-mail Article *Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials * Volume 123, Issue 3 , 2 May 1993, Pages 320-324 *10 of 20* Feedback | Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy Copyright © 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. ScienceDirect® is a registered trademark of Elsevier B.V.