Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
7839550 Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena 2017 4 Pages PDF
Abstract
We have investigated the electronic states and spin polarization of half-metallic ferromagnet CrO2 (100) epitaxial films by bulk-sensitive spin-resolved photoemission spectroscopy with a focus on non-quasiparticle (NQP) states derived from electron-magnon interactions. We found that the averaged values of the spin polarization are approximately 100% and 40% at 40 K and 300 K, respectively. This is consistent with the previously reported result [H. Fujiwara et al., Appl. Phys. Lett. 106, 202404 (2015).]. At 100 K, peculiar spin depolarization was observed at the Fermi level (EF), which is supported by theoretical calculations predicting NQP states. This suggests the possible appearance of NQP states in CrO2. We also compare the temperature dependence of our spin polarizations with that of the magnetization.
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