Brillouin scattering from collective spin waves in magnetic superlattices (invited)

Abstract

We report on the observation and the analysis of collective magnetostatic spin-wave excitations in magnetic superlattices. The influence of interface anisotropies, which can become dominant for small modulation wavelengths, is discussed. For the system Fe/Pd we show that Brillouin spectroscopy experiments in combination with the measurement of the saturation magnetization by a SQUID magnetometer give evidence for a magnetic polarization of the Pd spacer layers, as well as for a small negative out-of-plane interface anisotropy constant of Ks =−0.15 erg/cm2.