Magnetic soft X-ray transmission microscopy

被引:19
作者
Fischer, P [1 ]
机构
[1] Max Planck Inst Met Res, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
关键词
magnetic soft X-ray transmission microscopy; X-ray magnetic circular dichroism; magnetic microstructures; nanopatterned elements; micromagnetics; spin dynamics; fresnel zone plates;
D O I
10.1016/S1359-0286(03)00002-0
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
Recent advances in imaging magnetic microstructures on a nanometer length-scale and their temporal evolution on a sub-nanosecond time-scale have been achieved with magnetic transmission X-ray microscopy. With a lateral resolution down to 20 nm, element-specificity, recording in external magnetic fields and stroboscopic pump-and-probe imaging, insights into fundamental mechanisms of the magnetism in thin films and nanopatterned elements are provided which are also relevant in magnetic storage and sensor technologies. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:173 / 179
页数:7
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