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On the Application of Zeeman Spatial Beam Splitting in Polarized Neutron Reflectometry

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Zeeman spatial neutron beam splitting is considered upon reflection from a homogeneous magnetic film placed in an external magnetic field applied at an angle to the surface of a sample. Two ways of applying the Zeeman beam-splitting phenomenon in polarized neutron reflectometry are discussed. One of them is the construction of polarizing devices with a high polarization efficiency. The other is investigations of magnetically noncollinear films at a low spin-flip probability of reflected neutrons. The experimental results are presented for illustration.

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  2. Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin fot Materials and Energy, D-12489, Berlin, Germany

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Original Russian Text © S.V. Kozhevnikov, V.K. Ignatovich, F. Radu, 2018, published in Poverkhnost’, 2018, No. 2, pp. 12–23.

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Kozhevnikov, S.V., Ignatovich, V.K. & Radu, F. On the Application of Zeeman Spatial Beam Splitting in Polarized Neutron Reflectometry. J. Surf. Investig. 12, 103–113 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1027451018010275

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