| Abstract: | An X‐ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) study performed at the Ho L2,3‐edges in Ho6Fe23 as a function of temperature is presented. It is demonstrated that the anomalous temperature dependence of the Ho L2‐edge XMCD signal is due to the magnetic contribution of Fe atoms. By contrast, the Ho L3‐edge XMCD directly reflects the temperature dependence of the Ho magnetic moment. By combining the XMCD at both Ho L2‐ and L3‐edges, the possibility of determining the temperature dependence of the Fe magnetic moment is demonstrated. Then, both μHo(T) and μFe(T) have been determined by tuning only the absorption L‐edges of Ho. This result opens new possibilities of applying XMCD at these absorption edges to obtain quantitative element‐specific magnetic information that is not directly obtained by other experimental tools. |
