Element-resolved x-ray ferrimagnetic and ferromagnetic resonance spectroscopy

Element-resolved x-ray ferrimagnetic and ferromagnetic resonance spectroscopy

We report on the measurement of element-specific magnetic resonance spectra at gigahertz frequencies using x-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD). We investigate the ferrimagnetic precession of Gd and Fe ions in Gd-substituted Yttrium Iron Garnet, showing that the resonant field and linewidth of Gd precisely coincide with Fe up to the nonlinear regime of parametric excitations. The opposite s...

Longitudinal detection of ferromagnetic resonance using x-ray transmission measurements.

We describe a setup for the x-ray detection of ferromagnetic resonance in the longitudinal geometry using element-specific transmission measurements. Thin magnetic film samples are placed in a static magnetic field collinear with the propagation direction of a polarized soft x-ray beam and driven to ferromagnetic resonance by a continuous wave microwave magnetic field perpendicular to it. The t...

Spatially resolved X-ray spectroscopy of the Vela supernova remnant

Spatially resolved (typically 10′) soft X-ray spectral analyses of the whole Vela supernova remnant (SNR) are presented. The X-ray data were obtained in the ROSAT all-sky survey (RASS). The spectra can be well represented by twotemperature Raymond-Smith thermal plasma models. The spatial distributions of the temperatures of the hot component show that most of the central and the southern parts ...

Time-resolved x-ray absorption spectroscopy: Watching atoms dance

The introduction of pump-probe techniques to the field of x-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) has allowed the monitoring of both structural and electronic dynamics of disordered systems in the condensed phase with unprecedented accuracy, both in time and in space. We present results on the electronically excited high-spin state structure of an Fe(II) molecular species, [Fe(bpy)3] , in aqueous s...

Time Resolved Spectroscopy with Femtosecond X-Ray Pulses