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Science 25 June 1999:
Vol. 284. no. 5423, pp. 2166 - 2168
DOI: 10.1126/science.284.5423.2166
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Chiral Magnetic Domain Structures in Ultrathin FePd Films

H. A. Dürr, 1 E. Dudzik, 12 S. S. Dhesi, 1 J. B. Goedkoop, 3 G. van der Laan, 1* M. Belakhovsky, 4 C. Mocuta, 4 A. Marty, 4 Y. Samson 4

The magnetization profile of magnetically ordered patterns in ultrathin films was determined by circular dichroism in x-ray resonant magnetic scattering (CDXRMS). When this technique was applied to single crystalline iron palladium alloy layers, magnetic flux closure domains were found whose thickness can constitute a large fraction (~25 percent) of the total film.

1 Daresbury Laboratory, Magnetic Spectroscopy Group, Warrington WA4 4AD, UK.
2 University of York, York YO1 5DD, UK.
3 University of Amsterdam, Valckenierstraat 65, NL 1018 XE Amsterdam, Netherlands.
4 CEA/Grenoble, Service de Physique des Matériaux et Microstructures, 17 rue des Martyrs, 38054 Grenoble Cedex 9, France.
*   To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: g.vanderlaan{at}dl.ac.uk

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