Measurements of resistivity, Nernst, Seebeck and Hall effects of Bi 2223 epitaxial thin films for magnetic fields between 0 and 5 T and temperature range 5-300 K are reported.

We had performed a study on magnetoresistivity, Seebeck, Nernst and Hall effects in the mixed and normal state for Bi2223 thin films in magnetic fields between 0 and 5 T and in the temperature range 5-300 K. The critical temperatures, the Hall concentration, the Nernst and Seebeck coefficients depend strongly on the iron content in the samples. From our experimental data in the mixed state and fluctuation regime, the upper critical field slope (dB(c2)/dT)

The magnetic moments in Ni/Pt multilayers are thoroughly studied by combining experimental and ab initio theoretical techniques. SQUID magnetometry probes the samples' magnetizations. X-ray magnetic circular dichroism separates the contribution of Ni and Pt and provides a layer-resolved magnetic moment profile for the whole system. The results are compared to band-structure calculations. Induced Pt magnetic moments localized mostly at the interface

-ray magnetic circular dichroism measurements have been performed on Ni/Pt multilayers at a temperature of 10 K. The element specificity and shell selectivity of the technique allows us to probe Ni and Pt magnetic moments and to separate them into their constituent spin (mu (S)) and orbital (mu (L)) magnetic moments. The Ni magnetic moment at the interface is found to be reduced. However, magnetically "dead" Ni layers are unambiguously ruled out.

tate-of-the-art x-ray magnetic circular dichroism measurements of V at the L-2,L-3 edges with an excellent signal-to-noise ratio are analyzed for a Fe0.9V0.1 disordered alloy and a Fe/V-3/Fe(110) trilayer which were prepared in UHV and measured in situ on a Cu(100) single crystal. The absorption fine structure and the magnetic dichroism are discussed in detail with the help of ab initio theory. Several approaches known from literature to obtain magnetic