Phase imaging of magnetic nanostructures using resonant soft x-ray holography

Scherz, A.; Schlotter, W.F.; Chen, K.; Rick, R.; Stohr, J.; Luning, J.; McNulty, I.; Gunther, Ch.; Radu, F.; Eberhardt, W.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.76.214410

Phase imaging of magnetic nanostructures using resonant soft x-ray holography

A. Scherz
(
- SLAC, SSRL
)
,
W.F. Schlotter
(
- SLAC, SSRL and
- Stanford U., Phys. Dept.
)
,
K. Chen
(
- SLAC, SSRL and
- Stanford U., Phys. Dept.
)
,
R. Rick
(
- SLAC, SSRL and
- Stanford U., Phys. Dept.
)
,
J. Stohr
(
- SLAC, SSRL
)

Dec, 2007

Published in:

Phys.Rev.B 76 (2007) 214410

DOI:

10.1103/PhysRevB.76.214410

Report number:

SLAC-REPRINT-2009-031

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Abstract: (APS)

We demonstrate phase imaging by means of resonant soft x-ray holography. Our holographic phase-contrast method utilizes the strong energy-dependence of the refractive index at a characteristic x-ray absorption resonance. The general concept is shown by using a Co∕Pd multilayer sample which exhibits random nanosized magnetic domains. By tuning below the Co L-edge resonance, our quantitative and spectroscopic phase method allows high-contrast imaging of nanoscale electronic and magnetic order while increasing the probing depth and decreasing the radiation dose by an order of magnitude. The complex refractive index is quantitatively obtained through the interference between resonant and nonresonant scattering.

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