Abstract

We have investigated the micromagnetic structure of magnetic domains in Fe/CoO/Fe trilayer systems and the magnetization coupling between the iron layers. We observe very small magnetic domains separated by nanometer-sized domain walls in the top Fe layer for a narrow CoO thickness range. Such domains have lateral dimensions as low as 30 nm and present topologies which are very similar to those observed in the top layer of Fe/NiO/Fe trilayers. Both magnetic domain structure and Fe interlayer coupling dramatically change with the CoO thickness. The role of magnetocrystalline anisotropy and magnetic frustrations on the observed phenomenology is discussed.

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