Imaging the domain pattern of the canted magnetization state in Co/Pt multilayer films |
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Authors: | Robert Frömter Christian Menk Holger Stillrich Hans Peter Oepen |
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Affiliation: | Institut für Angewandte Physik, Universität Hamburg, Jungiusstraße 11, 20355 Hamburg, Germany |
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Abstract: | The exact magnetization pattern of magnetic films close to a spin-reorientation transition is difficult to analyze due to the intrinsically three-dimensional (3d) variation of the orientation of the local magnetization. We present a technique how this can be performed, based on the analysis of high quality 2d polarization maps from a single scanning electron microscope with polarization analysis (SEMPA) measurement with tilted sample. The key tool is the statistical distribution of all occurring polarization doublets, visualized in a 2d histogram plot. From the shape of the distribution the type of transition—canted-phase, or coexisting phases—can be inferred. For the canted-phase state, the canting angle can be accurately determined from geometrical considerations. With help of the histogram the image data can be analyzed and the three components of the magnetization can be calculated for most points of the image. For a Co/Pt multilayer film we found a cone state. The magnetization forms a complex pattern consisting of out-of-plane domains while the in-plane magnetization shows a maze pattern. |
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Keywords: | Magnetic imaging SEMPA Spin reorientation Canted phase Cone state Co/Pt multilayer film |
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