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Theoretical Studies of Spin Dependent Scatterings of Electrons from Ferromagnetic Surfaces and Ultra Thin Films

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

A. Ormeci ,
M. P. Gokhale ,
Burl M. Hall  and
D. L. Mills
A. Ormeci
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of California, Irvine, CA 92717
M. P. Gokhale
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of California, Irvine, CA 92717
Burl M. Hall
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of California, Irvine, CA 92717
D. L. Mills
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of California, Irvine, CA 92717
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Abstract

We summarize results of our recent theoretical studies of spin dependent scattering of electrons from ferromagnetic surfaces. We obtain an excellent account of both the energy and angle variation of the exchange asymmetry reported by Waller and Gradmann in their SPLEED study of the Fe(110) surface, and of spin dependent asymmetries in the transmission of photoelectrons through an ultra thin film of Fe on Cu(100). Potentials supplied by Fu and Freeman enable us to account for the data, with use of ground state potentials generated by ab initio methods.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 231: Symposium S – Magnetic Surfaces, Thin Films and Multilayers , 1991 , 65
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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