S. Suga et S. Imada, MAGNETIC CIRCULAR-DICHROISM OF TRANSITION METAL-COMPOUND AND RARE EARTH-COMPOUND, Journal of electron spectroscopy and related phenomena, 78, 1996, pp. 231-236
Magnetic circular dichroism(MCD) of core absorption spectra was measur
ed for various transition metal(TM: Mn, Fe, Co) and rare earth (RE: La
, Nd, Sm) compounds. The MCD was not only observed for core excitation
s of magnetic atoms but also for core excitations of nominally nonmagn
etic atoms. Importance of hybridization effects and exchange splitting
s of conduction bands is clarified. Limitation of the usual sum rules
is demonstrated.