Applied Physics Letters · 1995 · 38 citations · 0 references
Natural SciencesMaterials SciencePhysicsElectromagnetismMagnetic MaterialsMaterials CharacterizationFerromagnetic MaterialsFerromagnetismMagnetic CharacterizationMagnetic Properties Of SolidsMagnetic Thin FilmsMagnetism In SolidsMagnetic Circular DichroismMagnetic HysteresisMagnetic Materials CharacterizationMagnetization In Thin FilmsMagnetization MeasurementSingle-crystal GrowthTwo-dimensional Magnetic MaterialsVector Magnetometry
The use of soft x-ray magnetic circular dichroism in two-dimensional (2D) element-specific vector magnetometry is demonstrated by investigating a thin Fe(001) single-crystal film grown on ZnSe(001). By measuring element-specific magnetic hysteresis curves along directions parallel and perpendicular to an applied magnetic field, the 2D behavior of the in-plane magnetization vector M is described as a function of the applied magnetic field. The use of this method to obtain element-specific 3D vector magnetometry in magnetic materials that exhibit both in-plane and out-of-plane magnetization is also discussed.