Open AccessIn-plane anisotropy of iron single-crystal thin film using x-ray magnetic circular dichroism
Author(s) -
Ruipeng Li,
Jie Wang,
Honghong Li,
Guo Yu-Xian,
Feng Wang,
Zhiwei Hu
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
wuli xuebao
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 47
ISSN - 1000-3290
DOI - 10.7498/aps.54.3851
Subject(s) - magnetic circular dichroism , materials science , x ray magnetic circular dichroism , x ray , anisotropy , thin film , single crystal , magnetic anisotropy , optics , condensed matter physics , crystallography , nuclear magnetic resonance , physics , magnetic field , magnetization , chemistry , nanotechnology , quantum mechanics , astronomy , spectral line
X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) in the absorption of the single-crystal iron thin film deposited epitaxially on MgO substrate is studied to get the spin and orbital moment. The experiments show that along with different crystal axes, the change of orbital moment of Fe atoms is about 600%, the change of the spin moment is only about 50%, but the change of total moment is not so large. Researching the anisotropy by means of routine methods, the relation between the magnetic moment and the anisotropy of the thin film is studied.