| Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 58, Number 6, June 2002
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 906 - 911 | |
| Section | Condensed matter: structure, mechanical and thermal properties | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2002-00103-6 | |
| Published online | 01 June 2002 | |
Direct correlation of 
3d orbital polarization
and 
K-edge X-ray
magnetic circular dichroism of epitaxial 
films
1
MPI für Metallforschung - Heisenbergstrasse 1,
70569 Stuttgart, Germany
2
Institut für Umweltphysik, Universität Heidelberg - 69120
Heidelberg, Germany
3
II. Physikalisches Institut, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische
Hochschule Aachen
52056 Aachen, Germany
Received:
14
January
2002
Accepted:
28
March
2002
The role of delocalization and hybridization in complex magnetic oxides has been investigated by magnetic oxygen K-edge absorption of circular polarized soft X-rays in epitaxial grown CrO2 as a function of the azimuthal angle at grazing incidence. Unusual strong variations in the typically small X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) signal have been observed. Those angular dependencies of the typical CrO2 oxygen K-edge XMCD signal could be quantitatively interpreted in terms of an induced anisotropic Cr 3d orbital magnetism for different spectral regions of the unoccupied density of states. The results strongly suggest a delocalized non-ionic magnetic behavior of the conduction electrons.
PACS: 78.20.Ls – Magnetooptical effects / 75.30.Gw – Magnetic anisotropy / 78.70.Dm – X-ray absorption spectra
© EDP Sciences, 2002
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