X-ray dichroism experiments using circular polarization

Conference · Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1992

OSTI ID:10160484

Tobin, J G; Waddill, G D; Sterne, P A; Gouder, T; Jankowski, A ^[1]; Pappas, D P ^[2]; Webb, D J ^[3]

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1. Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)
2. Naval Research Lab., Washington, DC (United States)
3. California Univ., Davis, CA (United States)

We report giant circular dichroism in the near-edge core-level x-ray absorption of a near-monolayer metal film. We have performed magnetic circular dichroism experiments on Fe/Cu(001), using both core-level photoemission and near-edge absorption fine structure, as well as photoemission of the exchange split 3s states. Coverage and temperature dependences were investigated. A simple, one electron picture supported by supercell calculations has worked well to explain normalized branching ratio measurements.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 10160484
• Report Number(s): UCRL-JC--111973; CONF-9208225--1; ON: DE93013195
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
360104
COPPER
IRON
LAYERS
MAGNETIC CIRCULAR DICHROISM
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
X RADIATION