The authors review the history, current status, physical mechanisms, experimental methods,
and applications of nonlinear magneto-optical effects in atomic vapors. They begin by …

Within the last years, a fundamental understanding of nanoscaled materials has become a
tremendous challenge for any technical applications. For magnetic nanoparticles, the …

This book emerged from a close collaboration of the authors which started in the fall of 2000.
Early that year one of us (JS) had joined the Stanford faculty after spending nearly 15 years …

The ability to understand and control the unique properties of interfaces has created an
entirely new field of magnetism which already has a profound impact in technology and is …

Much of our understanding of the atomic-scale magnetic structure and the dynamical
properties of solids and liquids was gained from neutron-scattering studies. Elastic and …

Resonant (elastic) soft x-ray scattering (RSXS) offers a unique element, site and valence
specific probe to study spatial modulations of charge, spin and orbital degrees of freedom in …

Femtosecond magnetization phenomena have been challenging our understanding for over
a decade. Most experiments have relied on infrared femtosecond lasers, limiting the spatial …

The iron L edges are reviewed. The experimental spectra obtained with 2p XAS, XMCD and
2p EELS are discussed, including isolated iron atoms, solids and coordination compounds …

The availability of intense soft x-ray beams with tunable energy and polarization has pushed
the development of highly sensitive, element-specific, and noninvasive microscopy …

We present detailed evidence for a warm absorber in the Seyfert 1 galaxy MCG-6-30-15 and
dispute earlier claims for relativistic O line emission. The High-Energy Transmission Grating …