Investigation of interlayer exchange coupling and magnetic anisotropy of Fe3Si-trilayers using ferromagnetic resonance

In this thesis, magnetic properties of single Fe3Si-films und trilayer structures are investigated by ferromagnetic resonance. Using this technique, it is possible to determine the magnetic anisotropy energy and interlayer exchange coupling J1 in absolute units. Further on, values for the magnetic anisotropy constants and the g-factor should be confirmed in this work. Due to the use of a broad band setup, it is possible to investigate the linewidth of the measured signals. The measurements are carried out using structures containing two Fe3Si films separated by one MgO-layer. The MgO thickness is varied to obtain two different samples. In one of these samples both layers can be considered as decoupled. In the second sample both layers are coupled due to interlayer exchange coupling (IEC). The main results of this thesis are: (i) The obtained parameters for magnetic anisotropy and the g-factor match former results quite well. (ii) The investigation of the resonance linewidth shows contributions of two-magnon-scattering and inhomogeneous broadening due to the mosaicity. (iii) For both used layer thicknesses the interlayer exchange coupling can always be neglected. (iv) The origin of the uniaxial anisotropy is given by effects at the interfaces between the Fe3Si and MgO or the Fe3Si and GaAs layers.