Fe K-edge x-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) was used as vector magnetometry to measure the magnetization rotation while field cycling Gd/Fe multilayer antidot arrays through a hysteresis loop. The measured XMCD hysteresis curves were then compared quantitatively with micromagnetic calculations to reconstruct the microscopic magnetization configurations. The best fit reveals the existence of three types of characteristic domains: two that rotate coherently during magnetization reversal and one that is strongly pinned. The behavior is explained by a simple three-domain energy model, including a phenomenological ansatz for a shape-induced demagnetization energy contribution.
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