Magnetic Compton profiles (MCPs) of Co/Pt multilayers have been measured from a view point of perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA). The PMA and the MCPs are discussed in the present Co/Pt results together with the previous Co/Pd results. The anisotropies of the MCPs have been decomposed into each magnetic quantum number |m|=0, 1, and 2. The decomposition analysis has suggested that the |m|=1 state contributes to the PMA when the multilayer films change in-plane magnetic anisotropy to the PMA, and that the |m|=2 state contributes to the PMA when the multilayer films have large PMA energy.

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Magnetic Compton profiles (MCPs) of TbFeCo amorphous films have been measured from a viewpoint of perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA). Analysis of anisotropies of the MCPs has shown that anisotropies of wave functions are small in both a PMA film and an isotropic magnetization (IM) film. Element selective analysis of the MCPs has shown that a Tb magnetic moment and a magnetic moment of 3d transition metal (TM) are coupled antiparallel in the PMA film. In the case the IM film, the magnetic moment of 3d TM tends to align toward the magnetic field but the Tb magnetic moment distributed to random orientations. The PMA natures reflect the magnetic structures of the Tb magnetic moment and the 3d TM magnetic moment in the TbFeCo films.

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