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The magnetic properties of Fe/NML/Fe thin-film structures with Mo and Ta non-magnetic layers (NMLs) grown by magnetron sputtering have been studied using magnetooptical techniques. It is established that the saturation field (H S) of the samples exhibits oscillations as a function of the NML thickness (t NML) and the period of oscillations depends on the thickness of iron layers. This behavior of H S(t NML) is explained by the oscillatory character of exchange coupling between the ferromagnetic layers.
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Original Russian Text © E.E. Shalygina, A.A. Rozhnovskaya, A.N. Shalygin, 2011, published in Pis’ma v Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, 2011, Vol. 37, No. 20, pp. 80–86.
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Shalygina, E.E., Rozhnovskaya, A.A. & Shalygin, A.N. Influence of quantum confinement on magnetic properties of Fe/Mo/Fe and Fe/Ta/Fe thin-film systems. Tech. Phys. Lett. 37, 980–983 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063785011100269
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