Abstract
Epitaxial Ni 80Fe 20(5 nm)/Ru( x nm)/Ni 80Fe 20(5 nm) trilayers with thickness x = 0.5–3.0 were prepared on Al 2O 3 ( 1 1 2 ¯ 0 ) substrate. The structure, magnetic properties and magnetic depth profiles of the epitaxial Ni 80Fe 20(1 1 1)/Ru(0 0 0 1) multilayers were studied by X-ray diffraction, X-ray magnetic circular dichroism and polarized neutron reflectivity. A strongly enhanced orbital moment of Fe in the permalloy layer was observed at the Ru thickness of the first anti-ferromagnetic coupling, which might be due to an interference between two interfaces. At this Ru thickness, the neutron reflectivity data show a 0.8 nm layer at the interface with the magnetic moment perpendicular to the surface plane, which might be due to the enhanced spin-orbital coupling at interface.
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