Method for the measurement of anisotropy and rotational hysteresis using linear dichroism

摘要

A technique combining x-ray magnetic linear dichroism absorption spectroscopy and rotational hysteresis loops is demonstrated. This technique, x-ray magnetic linear loops (XMLL), is used to extract magnetocrystalline anisotropy information. Results from two systems, a polycrystalline Fe film, and an epitaxial Fe film which exhibit different magnetic anisotropies, are shown. The measured XMLL is described using a simple single-domain anisotropy model.