Paul G Evans and Eric D Isaacs 2006 J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 39 R245 doi:10.1088/0022-3727/39/15/R01
Paul G Evans1 and Eric D Isaacs2,3
Show affiliationsMagnetic x-ray microdiffraction uses the structural specificity of x-ray diffraction to probe complex magnetic structures at the length scales relevant to physical phenomena including domain dynamics and phase transitions. Conventional magnetic crystallography techniques such as neutron or x-ray diffraction lack this spatial resolution. The combination of both reciprocal space and real space resolution with a rich magnetic cross section allows new microscopy techniques to be developed and applied to magnetism at the scale of single domains. Potential applications include a wide range of magnetic problems in nanomagnetism, the interaction of strain, polarization and magnetization in complex oxides and spatially resolved studies of magnetic phase transitions. We present the physical basis for x-ray microdiffraction and magnetic scattering processes, review microdiffraction domain imaging techniques in antiferromagnetic and ferromagnetic materials and discuss potential directions for studies.
75.30.Kz Magnetic phase boundaries (including magnetic transitions, metamagnetism, etc.)
75.60.Ej Magnetization curves, hysteresis, Barkhausen and related effects
Issue 15 (7 August 2006)
Received 8 February 2006
Published 21 July 2006
Paul G Evans and Eric D Isaacs 2006 J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 39 R245
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