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Physical Review Letters -- February 15, 1999 -- Volume 82, Issue 7 pp. 1562-1565

Quantifying Magnetic Domain Correlations in Multilayer Films

Y. U. Idzerda, V. Chakarian, and J. W. Freeland

Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C. 20375

(Received 20 July 1998)

The vertical correlation of magnetic domains in a Co/Cr/Co trilayer is statistically quantified as a function of an applied magnetic field. These measurements, used with determinations of the individual layer magnetometry curves, identify the presence of both antiferromagnetic exchange coupling and ferromagnetic dipolar coupling for different regions within the trilayer. ©1999 The American Physical Society

URL: http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v82/p1562
PACS: 75.70.Cn, 75.25.+z, 75.60.Ej        Additional Information

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