The structural and magnetic properties of the evaporated Fe/V multilayers with a fixed V-layer
thickness (tV = 1.5 nm) and variable Fe layer thicknesses (0.75 nm ?? tFe ?? 6 nm) have been studied by Xray
reflectivity and high-angle X-ray diffraction, conversion-electron M??ssbauer spectrometry, and
vibrating sample magnetometry. The results show that multilayers are formed with a broad Fe/V interface
and pure crystalline bcc-Fe layers in the center of the individual subsystems. The Fe spin orientation is
aligned in the film plane in the individual centers as well as in the interfacial regions. The interfacial
anisotropy constant KS was estimated to be equal to 0.04 mJ/m2. This parallel magnetic anisotropy is
discussed in terms of reduced symmetry effects on the hybridized 3d states.
