Exchange-spring-driven spin flop in an ErFe2/YFe2 multilayer studied by x-ray magnetic circular dichroism by Stenning, G, Buckingham, A, Bowden, G, Ward, R, van der Laan, G, Shelford, L, Maccherozzi, F, Dhesi, S, de Groot, P

Magnetic reversal in a YFe2 dominated DyFe2/YFe2 multilayer film by Stenning, G, Bowden, G, Gregory, SA, Beaujour, J, de Groot, P, van der Laan, G, Shelford, L, Bencok, P, Steadman, P, Dobrynin, A, Hesjedal, T

“…Magnetic reversal in a (110)-oriented [DyFe 2 (60 Å)/YFe 2 (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. …”

Anisotropic magnetic switching along hard [110]-type axes in Er-doped DyFe 2 /YFe 2 thin films by Stenning, G, Bowden, G, van der Laan, G, Figueroa, A, Bencok, P, Steadman, P, Hesjedal, T

“…In particular, the out-of-plane [110] Er results show the existence of a new magnetic exchange spring state, which would be very difficult to identify without the aid of element-specific technique of X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD).…”