Local probing of dynamic excitations such as magnons and phonons in materials and
nanostructures can bring new insights into their properties and functionalities. For example …

Focused ion beam irradiation of metastable Fe78Ni22 thin films grown on Cu (100)
substrates is used to create ferromagnetic, body-centered cubic patterns embedded into …

The effects of mesoscale confinement on the metamagnetic behavior of lithographically
patterned FeRh structures are investigated via Kerr microscopy. Combining the temperature …

Metastable face-centered-cubic F e 78 N i 22 thin films are excellent candidates for focused
ion beam direct writing of magnonic structures due to their favorable magnetic properties …

Polarized light microscopy, as a contrast-enhancing technique for optically anisotropic
materials, is a method well suited for the investigation of a wide variety of effects in solid …

This work presents a detailed analysis of the performance of X-ray magnetic circular
dichroism photoemission electron microscopy (XMCD-PEEM) as a tool for vector …

The magneto-optical Kerr effect (MOKE) is widely exploited in laboratory-based setups for
the study of thin films and nanostructures, providing magnetic characterization with good …

Magneto-optic Kerr effect (MOKE) microscopy involves the surface-sensitive probing of
magnetisation at micron-sized lateral resolution. Here, we present a low-temperature …

In this work we present a detailed analysis on the performance of X-ray magnetic circular
dichroism photo-emission electron microscopy (XMCD-PEEM) as a tool for vector …

Contemporary scanning laser Kerr magnetometers are very efficient measurement devices
that achieve very good signal to noise ratios and spatial resolution for magnetization …