Perturbative Theory of Grazing-Incidence Diffuse Nuclear Resonant Scattering of Synchrotron Radiation

Details Perturbative Theory of Grazing-Incidence Diffuse Nuclear Resonant Scattering of Synchrotron Radiation Perturbative Theory of Grazing-Incidence Diffuse Nuclear Resonant Scattering of Synchrotron Radiation

2007-09-18

arxiv.org/abs/0709.2763v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Other Condensed Matter

6 figures, submitted to PRB

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.76.224420

Theoretical description of off-specular grazing-incidence nuclear resonant scattering of synchrotron radiation (Synchrotron M\"{o}ssbauer Reflectometry, SMR) is presented. The recently developed SMR, similarly to polarized neutron reflectometry (PNR), is an analytical tool for the determination of isotopic and magnetic structure of thin films and multilayers. It combines the sensitivity of M\"{o}ssbauer spectroscopy to hyperfine interactions and the depth selectivity of x-ray reflectometry. Specular reflection provides information on the depth profile, while off-specular scattering on the lateral structure of scattering layers. Off-specular SMR and PNR intensity formulae of a rather general multilayer with different domains, based on a Distorted Incident-Wave Approximation (DIWA) are presented. The Distorted-Wave Born Approximation (DWBA) results are given in an Appendix. Physical and numerical implications, why using DIWA, are explained. The temporal character of SMR imposes specific differences between SMR and PNR. In order to reveal the limits of DIWA and to compare the two analytical methods, two-dimensional diffuse SMR and PNR maps of an antiferromagnetic multilayer are calculated and critically compared. Experimental '$\omega-2\theta$' SMR map of a periodic $[ \mathrm{Fe}/\mathrm{Cr}]_{20}$ multilayer is presented and compared with simulations by the present theory.

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