Spin waves in a sputtered Co85Nb12Zr3 amorphous thin film have been st
udied by Brillouin scattering in external magnetic fields of up to 3.5
kOe. The spin wave and exchange stiffness constants of the CoNbZr fil
m are determined as D(B) = (2.47+/-0.3) x 10(-9) Oe.cm2 and A = (0.98/-0.14) x 10(-6) erg/cm, respectively.