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Wang, J., Kuch, W., Offi, F., Chelaru, L. I., Kotsugi, M., Kirschner, J.

Magnetic domain investigation in Co/Cu/FeMn trilayers
Journal of Applied Physics 95, (11),pp 7504-7506 (2004)
The magnetic domain patterns of epitaxial single-crystalline Co/FeMn bilayers and Co/Cu/FeMn trilayers were investigated by magnetic circular dichroism domain imaging using photoelectron emission microscopy. The as-grown domain size increases continuously with increasing Cu layer thickness, which is attributed to the decrease of the interlayer exchange coupling between ferromagnetic Co and antiferromagnetic FeMn layers. Domain images of the Co layer acquired after applying different external magnetic fields show a decrease in coercivity with increasing Cu layer thickness, confirming the reduction of magnetic coupling energy with increasing Cu thickness.