Abstract:
FeNi/Dy/FeNi three-layer films were studied by the ferromagnetic resonance method in the temperature range from $4$ to $300$ K. Acoustic and optical peaks detected in the microwave spectra indicated the presence of exchange coupling between the ferromagnetic FeNi layers in the planar structure, which allowed determining the sign and value of the interlayer exchange interaction constant $J_{12}$. The temperature dependence of $J_{12}$ of the three-layer film with the thickness of Dy interlayer equal to $15$ nm demonstrated a number of features (a change in the sign and an extremum point of the $J_{12}(T)$ function), which was indicative of transformations of the Dy magnetic structure.
Keywords:interlayer exchange interaction, helicoidal magnetic structure, ferromagnetic resonance, three-layer films.