POLARIZED NEUTRON REFLECTION AS A PROBE OF INPLANE MAGNETIZATION VECTOR ROTATION IN MAGNETIC MULTILAYERS

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BLUNDELL, SJ
BLAND, JAC
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[1] Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, CB3 0HE, Madingley Road
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10.1016/0304-8853(93)91181-6
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T [工业技术];
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We demonstrate that polarised neutron reflection (PNR) sensitively probes the in-plane layer-dependent magnetisation vector profile in multilayer structures on nanometre lengthscales. We derive the spin-dependent reflectivity using an optical method for a general multilayer, and discuss two regimes: first, the kinematical diffraction limit; second, just above critical reflection, where multiple reflections and refraction dominate.
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