On the Prospects of Using Polarized-Neutron Reflectometry to Study Helimagnetism in Rare-Earth Thin Films and Nanostructures on the DARIA Compact Neutron Source.

The results of studying thin films and superlattices of rare-earth helimagnets Dy and Ho using a neutron reflectometer are presented. Neutron reflectometry is shown to allow the magnetic phase transitions in these nanostructures to be studied and information about the periodicity of magnetic helices in them to be collected. It is proposed to create a neutron reflectometer capable of conducting polarization analysis on the DARIA compact neutron source, optimized for studying long-period magnetic ordering in rare-earth helimagnets, and the possible directions of this optimization are indicated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]