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Towards an element-specific magnetic domain imaging by core level photoemission with unpolarized light

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We report on the first observation of magnetic dichroism in core level photoemission from a ferromagnet excited byunpolarized X-rays. With Mg Kα radiation, the peak-to-peak asymmetry for the Fe 3p core level is 4%. The asymmetry switches its sign when the analyzed spot is scanned over oppositely magnetized domains on the sample. This effect can be used for an element-specific imaging of magnetic domains in an ESCA photoemission microscope.

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  1. Institut für Angewandte Physik, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, D-40225, Düsseldorf, Germany

    F. U. Hillebrecht

  2. Henkel KGaA, Henkelstrasse 67, D-40191, Düsseldorf, Germany

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Hillebrecht, F.U., Herberg, W.D. Towards an element-specific magnetic domain imaging by core level photoemission with unpolarized light. Z. Physik B - Condensed Matter 93, 299–301 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01312699

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