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Reflectivity and Grazing Angle Diffraction of Polarized Neutrons

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

J.F. Ankner ,
C.F. Majkrzak ,
D.A. Neumann ,
A. Matheny  and
C.P. Flynn
J.F. Ankner
Affiliation:
Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899
C.F. Majkrzak
Affiliation:
Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899
D.A. Neumann
Affiliation:
Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899
A. Matheny
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801
C.P. Flynn
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801
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Abstract

Using polarized-neutron reflectivity, one can determine the layer-averaged magnetic structure of films and multilayers with exquisite precision. By employing the closely related phenomenon of grazing-angle diffraction, it is possible to obtain information about the in-plane structure in interfacial layers some tens of Ångstroms thick. We have used polarized-beam methods to study the Y/Gd interface using both reflectivity and grazingangle diffraction and discuss the status of these experiments.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 231: Symposium S – Magnetic Surfaces, Thin Films and Multilayers , 1991 , 113
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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