Holographic atomic images from surface and bulk W(110) photoelectron diffraction data
- Physics Department, University of California, Davis, California 95616 (United States)
- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53211 (United States)
- Department of Physics, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403 (United States)
- Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720 (United States)
Photoelectron diffraction data can, in principle, be regarded as enabling the experimental recording of electron diffraction phases (relative to a direct reference wave), as well as intensities, thus also permitting the holographic reconstruction of atomic positions. Such holographic photoelectron diffraction patterns have been measured for surface and bulk core-level-shifted W 4f photoemission from W(110), yielding a data set of unprecedented size and quality. To test the role of experimental uncertainties and of multiple-scattering effects, we have also performed corresponding theoretical calculations at the single- and multiple-scattering levels. The surface and bulk holograms so obtained have been analyzed so as to provide the first parallel comparison of the three-dimensional atomic images that can be directly obtained via the five principal reconstruction algorithms proposed to date. The advantages and disadvantages of each of these methods are discussed. The prospects and limitations of atomic photoelectron holography as an {ital ab initio} technique for determining local-surface structures are also explored. {copyright} {ital 1999} {ital The American Physical Society}
- OSTI ID:
- 321518
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter, Journal Name: Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter Journal Issue: 8 Vol. 59; ISSN PRBMDO; ISSN 0163-1829
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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