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  • Physics
  • Materials Science
  • Optics

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  • Synchrotron and free-electron laser beamlines often lack direct circularly polarized light sources.
  • Circularly polarized X-rays are crucial for techniques like X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) and holographic imaging.
  • Developing efficient methods to generate elliptically polarized soft X-rays is essential for advanced research.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present a novel transmission polarizer for generating elliptically polarized soft X-ray radiation from linearly polarized light.
  • To investigate the degree of ellipticity achieved when linearly polarized radiation passes through a cobalt thin film.
  • To demonstrate a versatile method applicable to various absorption edges exhibiting the XMCD effect.

Main Methods:

  • Utilizing a cobalt thin film as a transmission polarizer for soft X-ray radiation.
  • Performing experiments at the Co L3-edge (778 eV) resonant photon energy.
  • Employing a polarization analyzer based on the directional dependence of photoelectrons emitted from a gas target to determine transmitted polarization.

Main Results:

  • Successfully produced elliptically polarized soft X-ray radiation from linearly polarized incident light.
  • Quantified the degree of ellipticity generated by the cobalt thin film.
  • Confirmed the feasibility of creating elliptically polarized radiation using magnetic elements at specific absorption edges.

Conclusions:

  • The developed transmission polarizer effectively generates elliptically polarized soft X-rays.
  • This technique provides a valuable alternative for beamlines not offering direct circularly polarized light.
  • The method is broadly applicable for XMCD measurements and other polarization-sensitive X-ray techniques.