The dichroism in constant final state photoemission for the 4d-4f giant res
onance and its pre-edge structure is studied from thin epitaxial gadolinium
films. This study provides information of the maximum magnetic linear dich
roism in angular dependence (MLDAD) effect which can be seen for certain ph
oton energies. The MLDAD results can be compared with the magnetic circular
dichroism on the same Gd films grown on Wt(110). These are clear differenc
es between these two techniques at the main resonance. (C) 1999 Elsevier Sc
ience B.V. All rights reserved.