Schneider, C. M., Holldack, K., Kinzler, M., Grunze, M., Oepen, H.-P., Schafers, F., Petersen, H., Meinel, K., Kirschner, J.
Magnetic spectromicroscopy from Fe(100).
Applied Physics Letters 63, (17),pp 2432-2434 (1993)
Magnetic domains on an Fe(100) surface have been imaged by means of energy-resolved photoemission microscopy. We excited the photoelectrons with circularly polarized synchrotron radiation in the soft X-ray region, and employed the effect of magnetic circular dichroism in the emitted photoelectrons in order to obtain contrast between differently oriented magnetic domains. This new approach offers a surface sensitive way to combine chemical and magnetic information on a microscopic scale.
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