Abstract
The in-plane Fe spin spiral structure for exchange-spring magnetic bilayers was investigated by conversion electron Mössbauer spectroscopy during the magnetization reversal process, and correlated with hysteresis loops measured via the longitudinal magneto-optic Kerr effect. A direct experimental proof for a relaxed spiral angular spin distribution in the Fe layer is presented. Under negative applied fields the interfacial Fe spins rotate by up to with respect to the easy axis of the Sm-Co hard-magnet layer.
- Received 25 February 2003
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.68.064416
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