The saturation magnetization, magnetic anisotropy and magnetostriction have
been studied in FeCo/Au multilayers prepared by molecular beam epitaxy (MB
E). Attention is given to the effect of the surfaces and interfaces on the
properties of the studied multilayers. On the basis of these measurements t
he surface anisotropy and surface magnetostriction constants have been dete
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