HERCULES practicals

This is a hands-on tutorial on how to acquire and to analyze XAS and XMCD data from a ternary metal oxide thin film. The oxidation state and coordination environment of the cations will be identified. The cation site-occupation will be quantified with the aid of multiplet calculations (Quanty code). Sum rules will be used to calculate the spin and orbital part of the magnetic moment. The limits of this approach will be further discussed.