Circular dichroism of planar chiral magnetic metamaterials

We propose, fabricate, and study a double-layer chiral planar metamaterial that exhibits pronounced circular dichroism at near-infrared wavelengths. The antisymmetric oscillation modes of the two coupled layers allow local magnetic-dipole moments and enhanced polarization effects compared with similar single-layer systems where only electric-dipole moments occur. Experiment and rigorous theoretical calculations are in good agreement.     

BaVS3 probed by V L edge x-ray absorption spectroscopy

Polarization dependent vanadium L edge x-ray absorption spectra of BaVS(3) single crystals are measured in the four phases of the compound. The difference between signals with the polarizations E perpendicular to c and E is parallel to c (linear dichroism) changes with temperature. Besides increasing the intensity of one of the maxima, a new structure appears in the pre-edge region below the metal-insulator transition. More careful examination brings to light that the changes start already with pretransitional charge density wave fluctuations. Simple symmetry analysis suggests that the effect is related to rearrangements in the E(g) and A(1g) states, and is compatible with the formation of four inequivalent V-sites along the V-S chain.     

Spin-polarization and x-ray magnetic circular dichroism in GaAs

The combination of angular spin momentum with electronics is a promising successor to charge-based electronics. The conduction bands in GaAs may become spin-polarized via optical spin pumping, doping with magnetic ions, or induction of a moment with an external magnetic field. We investigated the spin populations in GaAs with x-ray magnetic circular dichroism for each of these three cases. We find strong anti-symmetric lineshapes at the Ga L₃ edge indicating conduction band spin splitting, with differences in line width and amplitude depending on the source of spin polarization.     

Circular dichroism beamline B23 at the Diamond Light Source

Synchrotron radiation circular dichroism (SRCD) is a well established technique in structural biology. The first UV‐VIS beamline, dedicated to circular dichroism, at Diamond Light Source Ltd, a third‐generation synchrotron facility in south Oxfordshire, UK, has recently become operational and it is now available for the user community. Herein the main characteristics of the B23 SRCD beamline, the ancillary facilities available for users, and some of the recent advances achieved are summarized.     

Spin state transition in LaCoO3 studied using soft x-ray absorption spectroscopy and magnetic circular dichroism

Using soft x-ray absorption spectroscopy and magnetic circular dichroism at the Co-L(2,3) edge, we reveal that the spin state transition in LaCoO3 can be well described by a low-spin ground state and a triply degenerate high-spin first excited state. From the temperature dependence of the spectral line shapes, we find that LaCoO3 at finite temperatures is an inhomogeneous mixed-spin state system. It is crucial that the magnetic circular dichroism signal in the paramagnetic state carries a large orbital momentum. This directly shows that the currently accepted low- or intermediate-spin picture is at variance. Parameters derived from these spectroscopies fully explain existing magnetic susceptibility, electron spin resonance, and inelastic neutron data.     

软x射线磁性圆二色吸收谱研究铁单晶薄膜的面内磁各向异性

利用软x射线磁性圆二色(XMCD)吸收谱测得Fe/MgO膜不同磁化方向的轨道磁矩和自旋磁矩.实 验表明，沿铁单晶薄膜的不同方向，铁原子轨道磁矩的改变量达到600%以上，而自旋磁矩的 变化约50%，但原子的总磁矩没有如此大的改变.结合常规方法分析了铁薄膜的宏观磁各向异 性性质，半定量地获得磁矩与宏观各向异性能的关系，并对样品的磁矩和磁各向异性能进行 了比较. 关键词： x射线磁性圆二色 磁各向异性 磁性薄膜     

Size-dependent magnetism of deposited small iron clusters studied by x-ray magnetic circular dichroism

The size-dependent magnetic properties of small iron clusters deposited on ultrathin nickel films have been studied with circularly polarized synchrotron radiation. With the use of sum rules, orbital and spin magnetic moments have been extracted from x-ray magnetic circular dichroism spectra. The ratio of orbital to spin magnetic moments varies considerably with cluster size, reflecting the dependence of magnetic properties on cluster size and geometry. These variations can be explained in terms of enhanced orbital moments in small clusters.