Mr
Mickael Morin
(Laboratory for Developments and Methods, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland)
23/05/2013, 16:30
Ferroelectric materials have been known since almost one century ago [1]. While their potential for applications was rapidly recognized, the possibility of combining ferroelectricity with magnetic order -preferably with ferromagnetism- has resulted in an enormous deal of interest during the last decade. Several new materials combining both types of order have been reported, although their...
Mr
Sergio Di Matteo
(University of Rennes)
23/05/2013, 17:00
The aim of the present talk is to provide a pedagogical introduction to Resonant X-ray Diffraction (RXD) as a tool to characterize exotic (multiferroic, multipolar) order parameters. After a brief description of analogies/differences with usual x-ray diffraction and with x-ray absorption, the main focus is put on the interpretation of energy and azimuth scans. Finally, some examples of RXD...
