Abstract

Magnetic reversal in a (110)-oriented [DyFe2(60 Å)/YFe2(240 Å)]×15 multilayer film is investigated using magnetometry, micro-magnetic modeling, and element-specific soft x-ray magnetic circular dichroism. At temperatures between ∼60 and 120 K, the magnetic reversal involves a two-step process. It is shown that the reversal mechanism can be described as switching from an in-plane [001] reversed anti-ferromagnetic state, to an out-of-plane [100] transverse spring exchange state, and finally to an in-plane [001¯] magnetic exchange spring state.

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