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Exchange-coupled 5[Co-(x)/Fe-(3x)]/Co-(x) with x = 5, 10, 15 nm multilayers
were grown by UHV electron-beam evaporation. The influence of the interfac
e magnetic anisotropy and interlayer exchange interaction on the magnetic p
roperties was studied by means of Brillouin light scattering from thermally
excited spin waves. Both the Damon-Eshbach surface mode of the total multi
layer and bulk standing modes are present in the BLS spectra. A careful stu
dy of spin waves frequency dependence on the applied magnetic field allowed
the determination of the magnetic parameters of the Co/Fe multilayers. (C)
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