X-ray circular dichroism as a probe of orbital magnetization

B. T. Thole, Paolo Carra, F. Sette, G. van der Laan

Physical Review Letters · 1992 · 2.7K citations · 10 references

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Abstract

A new magneto-optical sum rule is derived for circular magnetic dichroism in the x-ray region (CMXD). The integral of the CMXD signal over a given edge allows one to determine the ground-state expectation value of the orbital angular momentum. Applications are discussed to transition-metal and rare-earth magnetic systems.

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