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    Measuring conditions for second order X-ray Bragg-spectrometry
    (Bristol : Institute of Physics Publishing, 2014) Dellith, J.; Scheffel, A.; Wendt, M.
    The KL2,3 (α)1,2-lines of 19K, the L3M4,5 (α)1,2-lines of 48Cd, and the M5N6,7 (α)1,2-lines of 92U are lines of comparable energy in the region of approximately 3 keV. In none of these cases were we able to resolve the three doublets when recording the spectra in first order Bragg spectrometry using a PET crystal as the dispersing element. For the purpose of enhancing the resolving power of the spectrometer, the three α spectra were recorded in second order reflection, thereby transferring the lines into another spectral region dominated by X-ray quanta of half the energy. In order to achieve high net peak intensities as well as a high peak-to-background ratio and, consequently, a high level of detection capability, the discriminator settings should be optimized quite carefully. In this manner, we were able to resolve the three α doublets and estimate α2/α1 intensity ratios. Inexplicably, current monographs, e.g., by Goldstein et al, do not contain any indications about the rational use of high order spectrometry. Only a few rather old monographs contain some hints in this regard.
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    Domain evolution during the spin-reorientation transition in epitaxial NdCo5 thin films
    (Milton Park : Taylor & Francis, 2013) Seifert, M.; Schultz, L.; Schäfer, R.; Neu, V.; Hankemeier, S.; Rössler, S.; Frömter, R.; Oepen, H.P.
    The domain structure and its changes with temperature were investigated for an epitaxial NdCo5 thin film with in-plane texture in which a spin-reorientation transition takes place from the easy c-axis via the easy cone to the easy plane. Scanning electron microscopy with polarization analysis reveals a transition from a two-domain state at temperatures above 318 K via a four-domain state back to a 90°-rotated two-domain state at temperatures below 252 K. The transition temperatures correspond well to those determined by global magnetization measurements. The magnetization configuration at the three different regimes of magnetic anisotropy and its transition with temperature were analysed in detail. From the local measurements, the spin-reorientation angle and the magnetocrystalline anisotropy constants of first and second order were derived.