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Polarized neutron reflectometry of Fe/Cr/Gd superlattices

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The magnetic structure of Fe/Cr/Gd superlattices is investigated using complementary methods of SQUID magnetometry and polarized neutron reflectometry. The complex magnetic behavior of the given system is caused by exchange interaction between the 3d (Fe) and 4f (Gd) layers of the ferromagnetic metals through the Cr antiferromagnetic spacer layer. It is found that a nonuniform profile of magnetization forms within the Gd layers under the influence of this interlayer interaction.

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  1. Institute of Metal Physics, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Yekaterinburg, 620990, Russia

    M. V. Ryabukhina, E. A. Kravtsov, D. V. Blagodatkov, L. I. Naumova, V. V. Proglyado & V. V. Ustinov

  2. Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, 620002, Russia

    E. A. Kravtsov

  3. Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart, D-70569, Germany

    Yu. Khaydukov

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Original Russian Text © M.V. Ryabukhina, E.A. Kravtsov, D.V. Blagodatkov, L.I. Naumova, V.V. Proglyado, V.V. Ustinov, Yu. Khaydukov, 2014, published in Poverkhnost’. Rentgenovskie, Sinkhrotronnye i Neitronnye Issledovaniya, 2014, No. 10, pp. 26–29.

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Ryabukhina, M.V., Kravtsov, E.A., Blagodatkov, D.V. et al. Polarized neutron reflectometry of Fe/Cr/Gd superlattices. J. Surf. Investig. 8, 983–986 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1027451014050395

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