Abstract
The magnetization behavior and the domain pattern in remanence are studied in multilayers. The reorientation of magnetization from perpendicular to in plane is found to happen via the state of canted magnetization. In the transition from an easy axis to an easy plane a stable domain pattern in the in-plane magnetization components is found for multilayers. The analysis of the domain pattern reveals that the magnetization canting is such that all in-plane orientations of magnetization are equally occupied. The found structure is appointed to the cone state.
- Received 20 September 2007
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.207202
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