MAGNETIC DICHROISM IN PHOTOEMISSION WITH UNPOLARIZED LIGHT

Authors
GETZLAFF M OSTERTAG C FECHER GH CHEREPKOV NA SCHONHENSE G
Citation
M. Getzlaff et al., MAGNETIC DICHROISM IN PHOTOEMISSION WITH UNPOLARIZED LIGHT, Physical review letters, 73(22), 1994, pp. 3030-3033
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
73
Issue
22
Year of publication
1994
Pages
3030 - 3033
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1994)73:22<3030:MDIPWU>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
A magnetic dichroism in photoemission from ferromagnets induced by unp olarized light is observed for the first time in the valence band regi on as well as for surface states. The study was carried out with magne tized Fe(110), Co(0001), and Gd(0001) films grown epitaxially on W(110 ). This phenomenon leads to an intensity asymmetry for opposite direct ions of the sample magnetization. It can be easily used for a routine laboratory diagnostic of magnetic behavior. A simple theoretical inter pretation of the phenomenon based on the atomic model is given.