- Schaffers, Taddäus;
- Feggeler, Thomas;
- Pile, Santa;
- Meckenstock, Ralf;
- Buchner, Martin;
- Spoddig, Detlef;
- Ney, Verena;
- Farle, Michael;
- Wende, Heiko;
- Wintz, Sebastian;
- Weigand, Markus;
- Ohldag, Hendrik;
- Ollefs, Katharina;
- Ney, Andreas
Using a time-resolved detection scheme in scanning transmission X-ray microscopy (STXM), we measured element resolved ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) at microwave frequencies up to 10 GHz and a spatial resolution down to 20 nm at two different synchrotrons. We present different methods to separate the contribution of the background from the dynamic magnetic contrast based on the X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) effect. The relative phase between the GHz microwave excitation and the X-ray pulses generated by the synchrotron, as well as the opening angle of the precession at FMR can be quantified. A detailed analysis for homogeneous and inhomogeneous magnetic excitations demonstrates that the dynamic contrast indeed behaves as the usual XMCD effect. The dynamic magnetic contrast in time-resolved STXM has the potential be a powerful tool to study the linear and nonlinear, magnetic excitations in magnetic micro- and nano-structures with unique spatial-temporal resolution in combination with element selectivity.