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Absolute Magnetometry Using Electron Holography: Magnetic Superlattices and Small Particles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 November 2013

Marian Mankos ,
J.M. Cowley  and
M.R. Scheinfein
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Synthesized magnetic structures are of interest due to their unique and unusual properties, which are governed by their micromagnetic structure. For example, giant-magnetoresistance (GMR) multilayer structures composed of magnetic layers separated by nonmagnetic spacers, and granular GMR films composed of magnetic and nonmagnetic metals exhibit phenomena whose interpretation requires knowledge of both the physical and micromagnetic structure at nanometer-length scales. Techniques for magnetic-microstructure imaging are based on the interaction between a probe and either the magnetic microstructure itself (magnetization) or a physical quantity related to the magnetization distribution (e.g., magnetostriction, magnetic induction). Transmission methods are sensitive to bulk magnetic microstructure averaged along the direction of the incident probe; surface structure is lost. Reflection techniques interact with the near-surface region and no information is obtained about the bulk structure aside from those properties that can be inferred from appropriate boundary conditions.

Electron-optical methods represent the widest class of high-spatial-resolution, magnetic-domain imaging techniques. The most advanced techniques provide the highest contrast, sensitivity, and point resolution (1 nm). Electron holography offers quantitative micromagnetic information at high spatial resolution, a feature missing in most magnetic-imaging techniques. Quantitative information can be extracted from the absolutely calibrated electron wavelength and a knowledge of electron phase shifts in electromagnetic fields. High sensitivity, nanometer spatial resolution, and absolute calibration make electron holography a powerful tool for examining magnetic microstructure. In electron holography, both the amplitude and phase of the transmitted electron waves can be recovered in contrast to conventional electron microscopy where only the intensity is available. The phase, containing information about the local distribution of electromagnetic fields, can be retrieved from an electron hologram.

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Magnetism on a Microscopic Scale
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MRS Bulletin , Volume 20 , Issue 10 , October 1995 , pp. 45 - 48
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1995

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