THE COUPLING OF CR TO FE STUDIED BY CIRCULAR MAGNETIC-X-RAY DICHROISM

Authors
BOSKE T CLEMENS W SCHMITZ D KOJNOK J SCHAFER M CROS V GUO GY EBERHARDT W
Citation
T. Boske et al., THE COUPLING OF CR TO FE STUDIED BY CIRCULAR MAGNETIC-X-RAY DICHROISM, Applied physics A: Materials science & processing, 61(2), 1995, pp. 119-122
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied
Journal title
Applied physics A: Materials science & processing → ACNP
ISSN journal
09478396
Volume
61
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
119 - 122
Database
ISI
SICI code
0947-8396(1995)61:2<119:TCOCTF>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
The coupling of Cr to Fe in stacked Cr/Fe/Cr trilayers is studied by c ircular magnetic X-ray dichroism using fluorescence yield to monitor t he absorption. From the dichroic spectra, we determine the thickness d ependent average magnetic coupling of Cr to Fe for Cr layer thicknesse s of 1, 2 and 3 ML. We compare our results to new calculated spectra. Additionally, all Cr spectra show significant contributions due to pho ton scattering processes at the L(2,3) absorption edges, depending on the degree of circular polarization.