title: Transverse and lateral structure of the spin-flop phase in fe/cr antiferromagnetic superlattices.
abstract: Direct evidence of the nonuniformly canted state of the spin-flop phase induced by a magnetic field applied to Fe/Cr(100) superlattices is obtained by polarized neutron reflectometry. It is unambiguously demonstrated that the magnetization of the alternating Fe layers is twisted through the multilayer stack proving a stable noncollinear configuration. The maximal tilt at the end layers progressively reduces towards the center of the multilayer. The set of tilt angles is deduced from a model-free data evaluation employing the supermatrix routine. Spin-flip off-specular scattering is determined by the in-plane magnetization fluctuations and is fitted by a theoretical model of domains.
authors.affiliation: Physik Department, TU München, D-85747 Garching, Germany.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lauter-Pasyuk
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Lauter
authors.forename: B P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Toperverg
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Romashev
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ustinov