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Abstract
Using Kerr microscopy, the effect of temperature on the displacement of domain boundaries in ultrathin exchange-coupled ferromagnetic layers in heterophase Pt/Co/Pt/Co/Pt films with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy and a nonmagnetic wedge-shaped spacer layer is experimentally studied. The exchange interaction between the Co layers is investigated for spacer-layer thicknesses ranging from 5 to 6 nm within the temperature range of 200 to 300 K. The independent displacement of domain boundaries in the Co layers under the action of a perpendicular magnetic field applied to the sample surface occurs within the range of thicknesses d0 < d < dCR. Throughout the entire temperature range, the displacement of domain boundaries along the Pt wedge results in their stabilization in an equilibrium position. This position depends on the magnitude of the applied field, the thickness of the nonmagnetic spacer layer, and temperature. It is determined by the balance of forces acting on the boundary, including the external field, the effective exchange field between the Co layers, and the coercivity field. Upon the removal of the external field, the domain boundaries relax to the initial state with d = d0 due to the effect of the exchange field. The characteristics of this relaxation depend on the temperature. The study of the mechanism of domain-boundary stabilization near dCR reveal that the critical thickness of the nonmagnetic spacer layer dCR and the coercivity field exhibit oppositely directed dependences on temperature.
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Journal of Surface Investigation: X-ray, Synchrotron and Neutron Techniques publishes original articles on the topical problems of solid-state physics, materials science, experimental techniques, condensed media, nanostructures, surfaces of thin films, and phase boundaries: geometric and energetical structures of surfaces, the methods of computer simulations; physical and chemical properties and their changes upon radiation and other treatments; the methods of studies of films and surface layers of crystals (XRD, XPS, synchrotron radiation, neutron and electron diffraction, electron microscopic, scanning tunneling microscopic, atomic force microscopic studies, and other methods that provide data on the surfaces and thin films). Articles related to the methods and technics of structure studies are the focus of the journal. The journal accepts manuscripts of regular articles and reviews in English or Russian language from authors of all countries. All manuscripts are peer-reviewed.
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