Application of magnetic Compton scattering for spin-specific magnetic hysteresis measurement.
An application of magnetic Compton scattering as a new tool to measure a spin-specific magnetic hysteresis (SSMH) loop is introduced and its validity demonstrated. The applied magnetic field dependence of the integrated intensity of magnetic Compton scattering spectra, which reflect only the spin-dependent magnetic properties of magnetically active electrons, was interpreted as the spin-specific hysteresis. The spin magnetization of amorphous Tb(33)Co(67) film was observed and its SSMH loop exhibited qualitative agreement with the ordinal magnetic hysteresis loop measured using a conventional vibrating sample magnetometer.
Agui
Akane
A
Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Sayo-gun, Hyogo, Japan. agui@spring8.or.jp
Sakurai
Hiroshi
H
Tamura
Takuro
T
Kurachi
Toshitaka
T
Tanaka
Masahito
M
Adachi
Hiromichi
H
Kawata
Hiroshi
H