New insight into the surface magnetic properties of Gd(0001)

Authors
Getzlaff, M Bode, M Heinze, S Wiesendanger, R
Citation
M. Getzlaff et al., New insight into the surface magnetic properties of Gd(0001), APPL SURF S, 142(1-4), 1999, pp. 558-563
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Material Science & Engineering
Journal title
APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
ISSN journal
01694332 → ACNP
Volume
142
Issue
1-4
Year of publication
1999
Pages
558 - 563
Database
ISI
SICI code
0169-4332(199904)142:1-4<558:NIITSM>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
We have investigated the temperature-dependent exchange splitting of d(z2)- like surface states of Gd(0001) films by scanning tunneling spectroscopy. T he splitting reduces with increasing temperature. Even at 350 K, a splittin g of 400 meV remains excluding both, pure spin-mixing and pure Stoner-like behavior. The simultaneous determination of topography and spectroscopy gua rantees that no morphology-induced influence is present. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.