Abstract
General equations for spin-flip and non-spin-flip specular reflection and off-specular scattering are analyzed for the case of multidomain states of magnetic multilayers. The results are illustrated by numerical calculations performed for Fe/Cr multilayers using an original software developed on the basis of the supermatrix formalism. This routine allows to calculate the reflectivities and scattering cross sections from the layered structures of any complexity for any directions of the incident polarization vector and directions of the polarization analysis.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 169-174 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Physica B: Physics of Condensed Matter |
| Volume | 297 |
| Issue number | 1-4 |
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| State | Published - Mar 2001 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | Proceeding of the 3rd International Workshop on Polarised Neutrons - Gatchina, Russian Federation Duration: Jun 20 2000 → … |
Funding
This work was supported by the German BMBF, Russian State Program for Statistical Physics (Grant VIII-2), RFBR Grants No. 00-02-16873 and 00-15-96814, and the Russian Program “Neutron Studies of Condensed Matter”.
Keywords
- 3D polarization analysis
- Magnetic domains
- Multilayers