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X-Ray Diffraction Microscopy of Magnetic Structures

Joshua J. Turner, Xiaojing Huang, Oleg Krupin, Keoki A. Seu, Daniel Parks, Stephen Kevan, Enju Lima, Kim Kisslinger, Ian McNulty, Richard Gambino, Stephane Mangin, Sujoy Roy, and Peter Fischer
Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 033904 – Published 14 July 2011
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Abstract

We report the first proof-of-principle experiment of iterative phase retrieval from magnetic x-ray diffraction. By using the resonant x-ray excitation process and coherent x-ray scattering, we show that linearly polarized soft x rays can be used to image both the amplitude and the phase of magnetic domain structures. We recovered the magnetic structure of an amorphous terbium-cobalt thin film with a spatial resolution of about 75 nm at the Co L3 edge at 778 eV. In comparison with soft x-ray microscopy images recorded with Fresnel zone plate optics at better than 25 nm spatial resolution, we find qualitative agreement in the observed magnetic structure.

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  • Received 22 March 2011

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.033904

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Getting the “where” and “when” of magnetic nanostructures

Published 14 July 2011

Applying x-ray diffraction microscopy to magnetic systems yields simultaneous spatial and temporal information.

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Joshua J. Turner1,2,*, Xiaojing Huang3, Oleg Krupin4,1, Keoki A. Seu5, Daniel Parks6, Stephen Kevan6, Enju Lima7, Kim Kisslinger7, Ian McNulty8, Richard Gambino9, Stephane Mangin10, Sujoy Roy5, and Peter Fischer5

  • 1Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Laboratory, Menlo Park, California, USA
  • 2Department of Physics & Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA
  • 3London Centre for Nanotechnology, University College London, United Kingdom
  • 4European XFEL GmbH, Hamburg, Germany 22761
  • 5Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
  • 6University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
  • 7Brookhaven National Lab, Upton, New York 11973, USA
  • 8Argonne National Lab, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
  • 9Material Science and Engineering, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA
  • 10Institut Jean Lamour, CNRS/Nancy-Universite, Nancy, France

  • *joshuat@slac.stanford.edu

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Vol. 107, Iss. 3 — 15 July 2011

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