Energy-loss magnetic chiral dichroism (EMCD): Magnetic chiral dichroism in the electron microscope

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2582-2590

  Rubino, Stefano ^a,b   Schattschneider, P ^a   Stoger Pollach M ^a   Hebert C ^c   Rusz, J ^b,d   Calmels, L ^e   Warot Fonrose, B ^e   Houdellier, F ^e   Serin, V ^e   Novak, P ^d  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

^d INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^e CEMES CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT; DICHROISM; HELIUM; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MAGNETISM; MICROSCOPES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TRANSITION METALS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CONVERGENCE ANGLES; CURRENT LIMITATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; MAGNETIC; MAGNETIC CIRCULAR DICHROISMS; MEASURING; NEW TECHNIQUES; NOVEL TECHNIQUES; RELATIVE ORIENTATIONS; SCATTERING GEOMETRIES; SPATIAL RESOLUTIONS; SUM RULES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPES;

ALUMINUM;

EID: 54449093495     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2008.0348     Document Type: Review

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