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Interlayer coupling in Fe/Cr/Gd multilayer structures

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The effect of the chromium layer thickness on the magnetic state of an [Fe/Cr/Gd/Cr] n multilayer structure is studied. A series of Fe/Cr/Gd structures with Cr spacer thicknesses of 4–30 Å is studied by SQUID magnetometry and ferromagnetic resonance in the temperature range 4.2–300 K. The obtained experimental results are described in terms of an effective field model, which takes into account a biquadratic contribution to the interlayer coupling energy and a nonuniform magnetization distribution inside the gadolinium layer (which was detected earlier). Depending on the magnetic field and temperature, the following types of magnetic ordering are identified at various chromium layer thicknesses: ferromagnetic, antiferromagnetic, and canted ordering. A comparison of the experimental and calculated curves allowed us to determine the dependence of the bilinear (J 1) and biquadratic (J 2) exchange constants on chromium layer thickness t Cr. Weak oscillations at a period of about 18 Å are detected in the J 1(t Cr) dependence in the range 8–30 Å. The interlayer coupling oscillations in the system under study are assumed to be related to the RKKY exchange interaction mechanism via the conduction electrons of Cr.

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  1. Kapitsa Institute for Physical Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Kosygina 2, Moscow, 119334, Russia

    A. B. Drovosekov, N. M. Kreines & A. O. Savitsky

  2. Institute of Metal Physics, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. S. Kovalevskoi 18, Yekaterinburg, 620990, Russia

    E. A. Kravtsov, D. V. Blagodatkov, M. V. Ryabukhina, M. A. Milyaev & V. V. Ustinov

  3. Russian Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, pl. Akademika Kurchatova 1, Moscow, 123182, Russia

    E. M. Pashaev, I. A. Subbotin & G. V. Prutskov

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Original Russian Text © A.B. Drovosekov, N.M. Kreines, A.O. Savitsky, E.A. Kravtsov, D.V. Blagodatkov, M.V. Ryabukhina, M.A. Milyaev, V.V. Ustinov, E.M. Pashaev, I.A. Subbotin, G.V. Prutskov, 2015, published in Zhurnal Eksperimental’noi i Teoreticheskoi Fiziki, 2015, Vol. 147, No. 6, pp. 1204–1219.

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Drovosekov, A.B., Kreines, N.M., Savitsky, A.O. et al. Interlayer coupling in Fe/Cr/Gd multilayer structures. J. Exp. Theor. Phys. 120, 1041–1054 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063776115060059

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