Magnetism and synchrotron radiation : towards the fourth generation light sources : proceedings of the 6th International School "Synchrotron Radiation and Magnetism", Mittelwihr (France), 2012

Advances in the synthesis of new materials with often complex, nano-scaled structures require increasingly sophisticated experimental techniques that can probe the electronic states, the atomic magnetic moments and the magnetic microstructures responsible for the properties of these materials. At the same time, progress in synchrotron radiation techniques has ensured that these light sources remain a key tool of investigation, e.g. synchrotron radiation sources of the third generation are able to support magnetic imaging on a sub-micrometer scale. With the Sixth Mittelwihr School on Magnetism and Synchrotron Radiation the tradition of teaching the state-of-the-art on modern research developments continues and is expressed through the present set of extensive lectures provided in this volume. While primarily aimed at postgraduate students and newcomers to the field, this volume will also benefit researchers and lecturers actively working in the field. Front Matter....Pages i-xviii Magnetism....Pages 1-49 Synchrotron Radiation, Polarization, Devices and New Sources....Pages 51-94 Theoretical Basis of Photon Spectroscopies....Pages 95-138 Free Electron Lasers....Pages 139-153 Magnetic Imaging with Polarized Soft X-rays....Pages 155-183 A Student’s Introduction to Resonant Inelastic Soft X-ray Scattering....Pages 185-210 Synchrotron-Radiation Studies of Topological Insulators....Pages 211-238 Anisotropic X-ray Magnetic Linear Dichroism....Pages 239-256 25 Years of Magnetic X-Ray Dichroism....Pages 257-287 Advanced Instrumentation for X-ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism....Pages 289-314 Ultrafast Magnetization Dynamics Investigated with Femtosecond Time-Resolved X-Ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism....Pages 315-340 Back Matter....Pages 341-344