Interplay of inequivalent atomic positions in resonant x-ray diffraction of Fe3BO6

'Forbidden' Bragg reflections of iron orthoborate Fe3BO6 were studied theoretically and experimentally in the vicinity of the iron K edge. Their energy spectra are explained as resulting from the interference of x-rays scattered from two inequivalent crystallographic sites occupied by iron...

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Published in:Journal of physics. Condensed matter 2009-07, Vol.21, p.265402
Main Authors: Beutier, G, Ovchinnikova, E, Collins, S P, Dmitrienko, V E, Lorenzo, J E, Hodeau, J-L, Kirfel, A, Joly, Y, Antonenko, A A, Sarkisyan, V A, Bombardi, A
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Language:English
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Condensed Matter
Materials Science
Physics
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Summary:'Forbidden' Bragg reflections of iron orthoborate Fe3BO6 were studied theoretically and experimentally in the vicinity of the iron K edge. Their energy spectra are explained as resulting from the interference of x-rays scattered from two inequivalent crystallographic sites occupied by iron ions. This particular structure property gives rise to complex azimuthal dependences of the reflection intensities in the pre-edge region as they result from the interplay of site specific dipole-quadrupole and quadrupole-quadrupole resonant scattering. Also evidenced is an anisotropic character of the absorption spectrum. Self-absorption correction to the diffraction data, as well as possible contributions of thermal vibrations and magnetic order, are discussed. Particular care is given to extracting clean spectra from the data, and it is demonstrated that excellent results can be obtained even from measurements that appear corrupted by several effects such as poor crystal quality and multiple scattering.
ISSN:0953-8984
1361-648X
DOI:10.1088/0953-8984/21/26/265402