Element-specific magnetocrystalline anisotropy energy studied by transverse magnetic circular X-ray dichroism

Authors
van der Laan, G
Citation
G. Van Der Laan, Element-specific magnetocrystalline anisotropy energy studied by transverse magnetic circular X-ray dichroism, J MAGN MAGN, 190(3), 1998, pp. 318-320
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS
ISSN journal
03048853 → ACNP
Volume
190
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
318 - 320
Database
ISI
SICI code
0304-8853(199812)190:3<318:EMAESB>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
The magnetocrystalline anisotropy energy in 3d transition metal systems is related to the spin-subband orbital moments and the magnetic dipole operato r which accounts for the spin-flip excitations. Magnetic circular X-ray dic hroism measurements in a transverse geometry, where the light helicity is p erpendicular to the magnetization direction, make it feasible to determine the easy-axis of magnetization. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights r eserved.