Photoelectron-diffraction effects and circular dichroism in core-level photoemission

Journal Article · Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1994 · Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.50.6203· OSTI ID:6971942

Westphal, C; Kaduwela, A P ^[1]; Fadley, C S ^[2]; Van Hove, M A ^[1]

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1. Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720 (United States)
2. Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720 (United States) Department of Physics, University of California-Davis, Davis, California 95616 (United States)

We have calculated the circular dichroism associated with core-level photoemission using multiple-scattering photoelectron-diffraction theory. For C 1[ital s] emission in a chiral geometry from CO adsorbed on Pd(111), photoelectron-diffraction calculations predict the dichroism found in experimental results due to Bansmann [ital et] [ital al]. and also agree well with prior free-molecule calculations by McKoy and Stephens. Backscattering from the Pd substrate is also found to alter the dichroic asymmetries for different adsorption geometries. Analogous calculations for Fe 2[ital p] emission from a small Fe cluster also indicate that dichroism due to a chiral geometry can strongly affect measurements of magnetic circular dichroism in systems with net magnetization. With generalization to include spin-orbit and multiplet splittings in the initial state and spin-dependent scattering of the outgoing electrons, photoelectron-diffraction theory thus should provide a general method for modeling dischroism in core-level photoemission from both nonmagnetic and magnetic systems.

• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098
• OSTI ID: 6971942
• Journal Information: Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter; (United States), Journal Name: Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter; (United States) Vol. 50:9; ISSN PRBMDO; ISSN 0163-1829
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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CARBON OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY
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SUBSTRATES
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