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Revealing Fe magnetism in lanthanide-iron intermetallic compounds by tuning the rare-earth L{sub 2,3}-edge x-ray absorption edges

Journal Article · · Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
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  1. CITIMAC, Universidad de Cantabria, Avda. de los Castros s/n, 39005 Santander (Spain)
  2. Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragon, CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza (Spain)
  3. Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526 (Japan)
  4. Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute, 1-1-1 Kouto, Mikazuki, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5148 (Japan)
We present a systematic x-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) study performed at the rare-earth L{sub 2,3} edges in R(Al{sub 1-x}Fe{sub x}){sub 2} Laves phase compounds. The progressive substitution of Al by Fe reveals the existence of a non-negligible contribution of Fe to the rare-earth XMCD spectra. This contribution has been isolated and shown to be similar to the dichroic spectrum recorded at the Fe K edge. These results open the possibility of monitoring the Fe magnetism in lanthanides-iron intermetallic compounds by probing the rare-earth L{sub 2,3}-edge x-ray absorption edges.
OSTI ID:
20719284
Journal Information:
Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, Journal Name: Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 72; ISSN 1098-0121
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English