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We present magneto-optical Kerr effect measurements of patterned arrays of Co68Fe24Zr8 /Al2O3 amorphous
multilayers. The multilayers were patterned in two dimensions into two different arrangements of circular and
ellipsoidal islands. Magnetization loops were recorded in a longitudinal geometry using both the specularly
reflected beam as well as diffracted beams scattered off the patterned films. The magnetization of the patterned
structures is significantly different from the magnetization of a continuous multilayer owing to the lateral
confinement of the pattern and the introduction of additional dipolar coupling between the layers at the edges
of the islands. By investigating the magnetic response at the different diffraction orders from the two different
configurations of islands we are able to observe the magnetization at different length scales and determine the
magnetic response of the circular and ellipsoidal islands individually.
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