Angle-resolved soft X-ray magnetic circular dichroism in a monatomic Fe layer facing an MgO(0 0 1) tunnel barrier

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 75, Issue 11 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 1872-1877

  Mamiya, K ^a   Koide, T ^a   Ishida, Y ^b   Osafune, Y ^b   Fujimori, A ^b   Suzuki, Y ^c,d   Katayama, T ^d   Yuasa, S ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS STRUCTURE SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anisotropic magnetic moments; Low dimensional magnetic systems; Soft X ray magnetic circular dichroism; Tunnel magnetoresistance

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; GROUND STATE; MAGNETORESISTANCE; TUNNEL JUNCTIONS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ANISOTROPIC MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MAGNETIC CIRCULAR DICHROISM; SPIN MOMENTS; TUNNEL MAGNETORESISTANCE;

SOFT MAGNETIC MATERIALS;

IRON; MAGNESIUM;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; ATOM; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DIPOLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNET; OXIDATION; X RAY MAGNETIC CIRCULAR DICHROISM;

EID: 33750185618     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2005.07.042     Document Type: Article

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