Magnetic x-ray dichroism in core-level photoemission from ferromagnets
- 23 July 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 65 (4), 492-495
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.65.492
Abstract
We report on the novel effect of magnetic x-ray dichroism in core-level photoemission from ferromagnets with circularly polarized radiation. Depending on the relative orientation of photon spin and sample magnetization (parallel or antiparallel), a single emission line may be resolved into two lines, due to exchange splitting of the core level. The mechanism is explained in terms of spin-selective dipole transitions in the presence of spin-orbit coupling. Possible applications of magnetic x-ray dichroism in photoemission from magnetic samples are pointed out.Keywords
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