Magnetic soft X-ray transmission microscopy

Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 173-179

  Fischer, Peter ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fresnel zone plates; Magnetic microstructures; Magnetic soft X ray transmission microscopy; Micromagnetics; Nanopatterned elements; Spin dynamics; X ray magnetic circular dichroism

Indexed keywords

IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC RECORDING; MAGNETIC STORAGE; MAGNETISM; MICROSTRUCTURE; THIN FILMS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES;

MATERIALS SCIENCE;

MAGNETIC TECHNIQUE; X-RAY TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0141975343     PISSN: 13590286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-0286(03)00002-0     Document Type: Article

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