Spin resolved photoelectron spectroscopy


In spin resolved photoemission photoelectrons are analyzed not only for their emission angles and energies, but also for their spin states. Electrons emitted from a ferromagnet are generally spin polarized due to ferromagnetic exchange splitting. Spin resolved photoemission is used to study the spin states of the valence band of a ferromagnet and the spin- dependent many electron effects induced by the photoelectron excitation. Spin resolved photoelectron spectroscopy is also used as a source of spin polarized electrons and to investigate magnetic phase transitions, surface magnetism, etc.







A normal emission photoerlectron spectrum of Ni(110) in the valence band region and its spin polarization measured at the photon energy of 67.2eV, where the 6eV valence band satellite is known to be resonantly enhanced. Spin polarization of the valence band decreases as the binding energy decreases and exhibits a negative maximum at the Fermi level, which corresponds to the increase of the minority spin (negative polarization) states at the lower binding energy region. Above the Fermi level only the negative spin states exist in Ni. Spin polarization of the 6eV satellite shows a positive value, which corresponds to the fact that the satellite has its origin in the many electron effects induced by the 3p core electron excitation followed by a super-Coster-Kronig decay process.


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