Published January 28, 2016 | Version v1
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Local X-ray magnetic circular dichroism study of Fe/Cu(111) using a tunneling smart tip

Creators

  • 1. Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439 (United States)
  • 2. Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701 (United States)

Description

A tunneling smart tip of a synchrotron X-ray scanning tunneling microscope provides simultaneously localized topographic, elemental and magnetic information. Localized spectroscopy with simultaneous topographic, elemental and magnetic information is presented. A synchrotron X-ray scanning tunneling microscope has been employed for the local study of the X-ray magnetic circular dichroism at the Fe L2,3-edges of a thin iron film grown on Cu(111). Polarization-dependent X-ray absorption spectra have been obtained through a tunneling smart tip that serves as a photoelectron detector. In contrast to conventional spin-polarized scanning tunneling microscopy, X-ray excitations provide magnetic contrast even with a non-magnetic tip. Intensity variations in the photoexcited tip current point to chemical variations within a single magnetic Fe domain

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/S1600577515023383; Available from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4768769

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Identifiers

URL
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4768769;
DOI
10.1107/S1600577515023383;
PII
S1600577515023383;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Synchrotron Radiation
Journal Volume
23
Journal Issue
Pt 2
Journal Page Range
p. 574-578
ISSN
0909-0495
CODEN
JSYRES

INIS

Country of Publication
Denmark
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
47089156
Subject category
S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
Descriptors DEI
FILM DOSIMETRY; MAGNETIC CIRCULAR DICHROISM; SPIN ORIENTATION; SYNCHROTRONS; X RADIATION; X-RAY SPECTRA
Descriptors DEC
ACCELERATORS; CYCLIC ACCELERATORS; DICHROISM; DOSIMETRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; IONIZING RADIATIONS; ORIENTATION; RADIATIONS; SPECTRA

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Copyright
Copyright (c) Andrew DiLullo et al. 2016
Notes
PMCID: PMC4768769; PMID: 26917146; PUBLISHER-ID: ve5044; OAI: oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:4768769; This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original authors and source are cited.