EMCD - Magnetic Chiral Dichroism in the Electron Microscope
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The discovery of energy loss magnetic chiral dichroism (EMCD) has created a new approach to element specific magnetic measurements with highest spatial resolution [1]. EMCD, which is detected in the fine structure of energy loss spectra in a transmission electron microscope (TEM) probes the same electronic transitions as its well established X-ray counterpart, the X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD). The geometry is sketched in Fig.1.
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