Abstract
The impact of resonant scattering of polarized x-rays is illustrated taking the gadolinium 4d edge energy range as an example. It is shown that: (i) the study of the reflection of linearly polarized light by a magnetized Gd sample gives information on the electronic states of the system, similar to that given by magnetic circular dichroism in absorption; (ii) the energy-loss peaks corresponding to spin-flip transitions in the 4d → 4f excitation exhibit a strong circular dichroism.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 977-981 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Surface Review and Letters |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue number | 2 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Apr 2002 |
| Externally published | Yes |