T. Jo et A. Tanaka, MAGNETIC CIRCULAR-DICHROISM OF 3D-2P AND 4D-2P X-RAY-EMISSION IN RARE-EARTHS, Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 67(4), 1998, pp. 1457-1465
We discuss features of magnetic circular dichroism (MCD) of X-ray emis
sion spectrum in the 3d-->2p and 4d-->2p radiative transition (3d-2p X
ES and 4d-2p XES: respectively) combined with the 2p core excitation w
ith the circularly polarized light in rare earths on the basis of an a
tomic calculation including the full multiplet. The calculated 4d-2p(3
/2) and 3d-2p(3/2) XES and MCD for Gd3+ are in good agreement with the
recent experimental result for Gd metal. An approximate separation of
4d(5/2) and 4d(3/2) components as well as of 3d(5/2) and 3d(3/2) is s
hown to be possible in the present spectroscopy: which is impossible i
n an ordinary 4d core spectroscopies. A dispersive MCD spectrum of XES
in both the 2p(3/2) and 2p(1/2) core excitations, a difference in the
emitted photon energy dependence of the sign of MCD spectra between t
he two excitations and an opposite tendency of MCD spectra between the
less-than-half and more-than-half filled 4f shells are discussed in t
erms of the 4f-3d (or 4d) exchange interactions for the magnetized Hun
d rule ground state.