Soft x-ray circular polarizer using magnetic circular dichroism at the Fe L3 line

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1446-1448

  Kortright, J B ^a   Kim, S K ^a   Warwick, T ^a   Smith, N V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0001641943     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.119932     Document Type: Article

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