  We use broadband ferromagnetic resonance spectroscopy and x-ray diffraction
to investigate the fundamental origin of perpendicular anisotropy in
Co90Fe10/Ni multilayers. By careful evaluation of the spectroscopic g-factor,
we determine the orbital moment along the out-of-plane and in-plane directions.
For the multilayers, we find a direct relationship between the orbital moment
asymmetry and the perpendicular anisotropy, consistent with the theory of Bruno
[P.Bruno, Phys. Rev. B, 39, 865 (1989)]. A systematic x-ray diffraction study
revealed the presence of a trigonal strain as high as 0.7 % in some samples.
However, we found no direct correlation between the strain and the anisotropy,
indicating that the anisotropy is not dominated by magnetoelastic effects. In
order to further study the interface structure on the anisotropy, we prepared a
set of equivalent alloy samples. The strain in the alloy samples was comparable
to that of the multilayer samples; however the orbital moment asymmetry in the
alloy samples showed a very different trend allowing us to isolate the effect
of the interfaces in the multilayers.

Materials Science;Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics