一种加偏压减小磁场对样品电流信号影响的方法

在用样品电流法测量X射线磁性圆二色谱中,外磁场的存在严重降低了样品电流信号.针对合肥NSRL软X射线磁性圆二色实验站内置式可旋转磁铁设计并安装一个紧靠磁极的高压金网,来增强磁场下的样品电流信号.发现不同磁场下随偏压升高,样品电流信号迅速增强并趋于饱和;磁场越强,达到饱和需要的偏压越高;比较相同磁场和偏压下均匀氧化的Al箔和CoFe薄膜正反磁场下的吸收谱,发现加磁场和偏压引入的系统误差仅相当于Co的圆二色值的2.17%;表明用这种方法进行X射线磁性圆二色谱的测量是可行的.     

Calculated X-ray magnetic circular dichroism of the ordered and disordered FePd alloy

A theoretical investigation of the effect of disorder and substrate on the magnetic properties of the FePd alloy is presented. The magnetic moments at the Fe sites decrease as the c/a ratio decreases, while the induced Pd magnetic moments increase. The disorder effect seems to be more important for the X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) of Fe and Pd edges than the strain effect induced by the substrate.     

Structural,Thermal and Magnetic Properties of Thin Metal Films and Adsorbate–Substrate Systems Studied by XAFS and XMCD

Thin metal films often exhibit interesting properties that are essentially different from the bulk ones. XAFS (X-ray absorption fine structure) and XMCD (X-ray magnetic circular dichroism) techniques are quite suitable to investigate structural, thermal and magnetic properties of thin metal films. In this proceeding, we will present following two topics concerning structural and magnetic properties of adsorbates on thin metal films. The first one is the adsorption geometry of SO₂ on a 1-monolayer (ML) Pd thin film grown on a Ni(111) single crystal. It was found by S K-edge XAFS that SO₂ is lying flat on 1-ML Pd/Ni(111). This result is not similar to the bulk Pd surface but to the bulk Ni one. This finding indicates significant modification of the electronic structure of the 1-ML Pd film compared to the bulk one. The second topic is the magnetic moment induced on CO adsorbed on Ni epitaxial films grown on Cu(001). The O K-edge XMCD results revealed that in the perpendicularly magnetized 10-ML Ni film the orbital moment of CO is parallel to the substrate Ni magnetization, while it is antiparallel in the in-planar magnetized 6-ML and thick (>100 ML) films. The origin of the induced orbital moment at CO is discussed.     

Magnetization reversal in YIG/GGG(111) nanoheterostructures grown by laser molecular beam epitaxy

Abstract

Thin (4–20 nm) yttrium iron garnet (Y₃Fe₅O₁₂, YIG) layers have been grown on gadolinium gallium garnet (Gd₃Ga₅O₁₂, GGG) 111-oriented substrates by laser molecular beam epitaxy in 700–1000 °C growth temperature range. The layers were found to have atomically flat step-and-terrace surface morphology with step height of 1.8 Å characteristic for YIG(111) surface. As the growth temperature is increased from 700 to 1000 °C the terraces become wider and the growth gradually changes from layer by layer to step-flow regime. Crystal structure studied by electron and X-ray diffraction showed that YIG lattice is co-oriented and laterally pseudomorphic to GGG with small rhombohedral distortion present perpendicular to the surface. Measurements of magnetic moment, magneto-optical polar and longitudinal Kerr effect (MOKE), and X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) were used for study of magnetization reversal for different orientations of magnetic field. These methods and ferromagnetic resonance studies have shown that in zero magnetic field magnetization lies in the film plane due to both shape and induced anisotropies. Vectorial MOKE studies have revealed the presence of an in-plane easy magnetization axis. In-plane magnetization reversal was shown to occur through combination of reversible rotation and abrupt irreversible magnetization jump, the latter caused by domain wall nucleation and propagation. The field at which the flip takes place depends on the angle between the applied magnetic field and the easy magnetization axis and can be described by the modified Stoner–Wohlfarth model taking into account magnetic field dependence of the domain wall energy. Magnetization curves of individual tetrahedral and octahedral magnetic Fe³⁺ sublattices were studied by XMCD.     

X射线磁性圆二色吸收谱

介绍了X射线磁性圆二色（XMCD）的基本概念和理论,综述了XMCD在磁学研究中的应用。XMCD吸收谱可以研究磁性薄膜与超薄膜、“三明治”结构的磁性薄膜中特定元素、特定位置的磁性质。在这些结构中理论和磁学实验均已获得与体材料非常不同的磁学性质,而MCD可以深入了解这些现象的本质。介绍了合肥国家同步辐射实验室二期工程的磁性圆二色实验线站的总体设计及目前的发展。     

电子能量损失谱磁手性二向色性研究进展

电子能量损失谱磁手性二向色性技术是近年发展起来的实验方法,它与X射线磁圆二向色性一样可以测量特定元素的自旋与轨道磁矩的信息,由于其高空间分辨率、实验方法多样和对设备要求简单,因此有望应用于对微观材料的磁性测量和研究。本文简要介绍了该方法的背景、理论基础、实验方法、研究进展和应用。     

X-ray detected magnetic resonance: a unique probe of the precession dynamics of orbital magnetization components

X-ray Detected Magnetic Resonance (XDMR) is a novel spectroscopy in which X-ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism (XMCD) is used to probe the resonant precession of local magnetization components in a strong microwave pump field. We review the conceptual bases of XDMR and recast them in the general framework of the linear and nonlinear theories of ferromagnetic resonance (FMR). Emphasis is laid on the information content of XDMR spectra which offer a unique opportunity to disentangle the precession dynamics of spin and orbital magnetization components at given absorbing sites. For the sake of illustration, we focus on selected examples in which marked differences were found between FMR and XDMR spectra simultaneously recorded on ferrimagnetically ordered iron garnets. With pumping capabilities extended up to sub-THz frequencies, high-field XDMR should allow us to probe the precession of orbital magnetization components in paramagnetic organometallic complexes with large zero-field splitting. Even more challenging, we suggest that XDMR spectra might be recorded on selected antiferromagnetic crystals for which orbital magnetism is most often ignored in the absence of any supporting experimental evidence.     

XMCD and XMCD‐PEEM Studies on Magnetic‐Field‐Assisted Self‐Assembled 1D Nanochains of Spherical Ferrite Particles

Quasi‐1D nanochains of spherical magnetic ferrite particles with a homogeneous particle size of ≈200 nm and a micrometer‐sized chain length are fabricated via a self‐assembly method under an external magnetic field. This assisting magnetic field (H_assist), applied during synthesis, significantly modifies the distribution of the Fe²⁺O_h, Fe³⁺T_d, and Fe³⁺O_h cations in the chains, as demonstrated by X‐ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) combined with theoretical analysis. This provides direct evidence of the nontrivial role of external synthetic conditions for defining the crystal chemistry of nanoscale ferrites and in turn their magnetic properties, providing an extra degree of freedom for intentional control over the performances of 1D magnetic nanodevices for various applications. Magnetic imaging, performed via XMCD in photoemission electron microscopy, further shows the possibility of creating and trapping a series of adjacent magnetic domain walls in a single chain, suggesting that there is great application potential for these nanochains in 1D magnetic nanodevices, as determined by field‐ or current‐driven domain wall motions. Practical control over the magnetic properties of the nanochains is also achieved by extrinsic dopants of cobalt and zinc, which are observed to occupy the ferrite ionic sites in a selective manner.