Resonant inelastic X-ray scattering and its magnetic circular dichroism Original Research Article

Magnetic circular dichroism in resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (MCD-RIXS) of ferromagnetic systems is discussed for the longitudinal geometry (LG), where the directions of incident X-ray and magnetization are parallel, and the transverse geometry (TG), where they are perpendicular. MCD-RIXS in LG is represented by two successive real processes, X-ray absorption and X-ray emission, while MCD-RIXS in TG is given by the interference process. We describe an application of MCD-RIXS in LG to the detection of Ce 4f2 contribution in Ce, L3 absorption edge of CeFe2, and theoretical and experimental studies of MCD-RIXS in TG for Gd and Sm systems.