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Imaging magnetic microstructures with elemental selectivity: Application of magnetic dichroisms

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Spin—Orbit-Influenced Spectroscopies of Magnetic Solids

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Schneider, C.M. (1996). Imaging magnetic microstructures with elemental selectivity: Application of magnetic dichroisms. In: Ebert, H., Schütz, G. (eds) Spin—Orbit-Influenced Spectroscopies of Magnetic Solids. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 466. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0102348

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