Nature Communications (Aug 2016)

Magnetic measurements with atomic-plane resolution

  • Ján Rusz,
  • Shunsuke Muto,
  • Jakob Spiegelberg,
  • Roman Adam,
  • Kazuyoshi Tatsumi,
  • Daniel E. Bürgler,
  • Peter M. Oppeneer,
  • Claus M. Schneider

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12672
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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It has been predicted that electron beam probes may allow for the imaging of magnetism with atomic-scale resolution. Here, the authors demonstrate a scanning transmission electron microscopy method capable of resolving magnetic contrast from individual atomic planes.