Ag L(3)-edge X-ray absorption near-edge structure of 4d(10) (Ag(+)) compounds: origin of the edge peak and its chemical relevance.

A peak appearing at the L(2,3) X-ray absorption edge often provides the number of empty d states of the X-ray absorbing atoms. Ag(+) compounds have a d(10) state (no d empty states) but show a small peak at the edge. In this research, we systematically studied the edge peak of Ag(+) compounds to understand its origin on the basis of the molecular orbital picture and to obtain a relation of the edge peak intensity to chemical and physical quantities.

Aberration-corrected multipole Wien filter for energy-filtered x-ray photoemission electron microscopy.

The aberration of a multipole Wien filter for energy-filtered x-ray photoemission electron microscopy was analyzed and the optimized Fourier components of the electric and magnetic fields for the third-order aperture aberration corrections were obtained. It was found that the third-order aperture aberration correction requires 12 electrodes and magnetic poles.