Magnetic Imaging and Spectroscopy Workshop, 10 - 11 June 2009
Polarised soft x-rays have had an enormous impact on our understanding of magnetic phenomena and magnetic (nano)materials. X-Ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism (XMCD) and X-Ray Magnetic Linear Dichroism (XMLD) have allowed insights into the origin of fundamental effects such exchange bias and magnetic anisotropy. Soft X-ray Resonant Magnetic Scattering (SXRMS) is rapidly becoming a powerful probe of charge, orbital and spin ordering in transition metal oxides. The coherent properties of soft x-rays have also been recently exploited with coherent x-ray speckle spectroscopy and magnetic holography. The operational Nanoscience beamline (I06) and BLADE (I10), which is currently under construction, offer new possibilities in soft x-ray imaging and spectroscopy using PhotoEmission Electron Microscopy, SXRMS, High Field XMCD/XMLD as well as time resolved capabilities. This workshop concentrated on recent results from I06 and future prospects for research on I06 and I10.
Presentations available for download:
- Sharp Images of Magnetization Phenomena Without Lenses, Jan Luning UPMC, Paris, France (9 MB)
- The modification of the magnetic properties of Fe nanoparticles and nanometric Co films as a function of the surrounding environment, Yves Huttel, ICMM, Spain (5.5 MB)
- Orbital order in the bilayer manganites and soft x-ray scattering instrumentation at Diamond, Tom Beale, University of Durham, UK (9.3 MB)
- Imaging magnetization dynamics by x-ray magnetic circular dichroism photoelectron emission microscopy, Wolfgang Kuch, Freie Universitat, Berlin, Germany (5.3 MB)
- Coherent soft x-ray scattering by magnetic nanostructures, Guillaume Beutier, DLS, (2.9 MB)
- Ferromagnetic semiconductors seen by magnetic x-ray spectroscopy, Kevin Edmonds, Nottingham University (2.2 MB)
- Current-driven domain wall depinning and resonance in notched Permalloy nanowires, Chris Marrows, University of Leeds, UK (5MB)