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Depth profile of uncompensated spins in an exchange bias system
Roy, S.; Fitzsimmons, M. R.; Park, S.; Dorn, M.; Petracic, Oleg; Roshchin, Igor V.; Li, Zhi-Pan; Batlle Gelabert, Xavier; Morales, R.; Misra, A.; Zhang, Xixiang; Chesnel K.; Kortright, J. B.; Sinha, S. K.; Schuller, Ivan K.
We have used the unique spatial sensitivity of polarized neutron and soft x-ray beams in reflection geometry to measure the depth dependence of magnetization across the interface between a ferromagnet and an antiferromagnet. The net uncompensated magnetization near the interface responds to applied field, while uncompensated spins in the antiferromagnet bulk are pinned, thus providing a means to establish exchange bias.