Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9595253 | Surface Science | 2005 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
Energy distribution curves (EDC) of secondary electrons from W(1 1 0) were measured for spin-up (I+) and spin-down (Iâ) polarization of the incident beam. The intensity asymmetry, defined as A = (I+ â Iâ)/(I+ + Iâ), for a certain experimental geometry was measured as large as 7%. This asymmetry was explained in terms of a “spin-filter” effect. The model assumes that the secondary electrons excited by spin-polarized primary electrons are spin-polarized inside the solid. On the way to the vacuum they undergo spin-orbit interaction on the surface barrier that provides the spin-dependent and energy selective transmission through the surface.
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Authors
S. Samarin, O.M. Artamonov, A.D. Sergeant, J.F. Williams,