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Title: Photoelectron diffraction of magnetic ultrathin films: Fe/Cu(001)

Conference ·
OSTI ID:6238080
 [1];  [2]; ;  [3]
  1. Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (USA)
  2. Wisconsin Univ., Madison, WI (USA). Dept. of Chemistry
  3. Wisconsin Univ., Milwaukee, WI (USA). Dept. of Physics

The preliminary results of an ongoing investigation of Fe/Cu(001) are presented here. Energy dependent photoelectron diffraction, including the spin-dependent variant using the multiplet split Fe3s state, is being used to investigate the nanoscale structures formed by near-monolayer deposits of Fe onto Cu(001). Core-level photoemission from the Fe3p and Fe3s states has been generated using synchrotron radiation as the tunable excitation source. Tentatively, a comparison of the experimental Fe3p cross section measurements with multiple scattering calculations indicates that the Fe is in a fourfold hollow site with a spacing of 3.6{Angstrom} between it and the atom directly beneath it, in the third layer. This is consistent with an FCC structure. The possibility of utilizing spin-dependent photoelectron diffraction to investigate magnetic ultrathin films will be demonstrated, using our preliminary spectra of the multiplet-split Fe3s os near-monolayer Fe/Cu(001). 18 refs., 10 figs.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (USA)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOD; DOE/DP
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-48
OSTI ID:
6238080
Report Number(s):
UCRL-JC-103725; CONF-901105-87; ON: DE91007254; CNN: ONR-00014-90-J-1749
Resource Relation:
Conference: Fall meeting of the Materials Research Society, Boston, MA (USA), 24 Nov - 1 Dec 1990
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English