TY - JOUR

T1 - Non-specular spin-flipped neutron reflectivity from a cobalt film on glass

AU - Fredrikze, Henk

AU - Rekveldt, Theo

AU - Vanwell, Ad

AU - Nikitenko, Yuri

AU - Syromyatnikov, Vladislav

PY - 1998/6/15

Y1 - 1998/6/15

N2 - From polarized neutron reflection experiments on a thin Co layer on glass at various applied fields it is shown beyond doubt that neutron spin-flip reflection in an applied magnetic field is non-specular in agreement with theory. It is shown that the deviations from the specular position at moderate fields is very substantial for wavelengths larger than a few tenths of a nm. The advantages of a curved stacked-mirror polarization analyzer, which recently has been installed on ROG at IRI, are discussed.

AB - From polarized neutron reflection experiments on a thin Co layer on glass at various applied fields it is shown beyond doubt that neutron spin-flip reflection in an applied magnetic field is non-specular in agreement with theory. It is shown that the deviations from the specular position at moderate fields is very substantial for wavelengths larger than a few tenths of a nm. The advantages of a curved stacked-mirror polarization analyzer, which recently has been installed on ROG at IRI, are discussed.

KW - Non-collinear magnetic layer

KW - Polarized neutrons

KW - Reflectometry

KW - Thin films

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0032089637&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1016/S0921-4526(98)00224-5

DO - 10.1016/S0921-4526(98)00224-5

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:0032089637

VL - 248

SP - 157

EP - 162

JO - Physica B: Condensed Matter

JF - Physica B: Condensed Matter

SN - 0921-4526

IS - 1-4

ER -