Spin selectivity in angle-resolved Auger photoelectron coincidence spectroscopy (AR-APECS) is used to probe electronic structure in antiferromagnetic thin films. In particular, exploiting the AR-APECS capability to discriminate Auger electron emission events characterized by a different spin of the ion in its final state, a sharp multiplet structure in the Ni MVV Auger line shape of NiO/Ag(001) thin films is measured below the critical Néel temperature. The assignment of multiplet terms follows from a close comparison of the experimental AR-APECS line shapes with the predictions based on semiempirical calculations on a cluster model and an open-band extension of the Cini-Sawatzky approach. In analogy to CoO, also in NiO, above the Néel temperature a more featureless Auger spectrum appears and AR-APECS does not disentangle anymore high-spin and low-spin contributions to the total Auger intensity. Such a behavior, which seems to be a general result for metal oxide antiferromagnetic systems, is discussed.
Gotter, R., Sbroscia, M., Caminale, M., Vaidya, S., Perfetto, E., Moroni, R., et al. (2013). Monitoring antiferromagnetism via angle-resolved Auger photoelectron coincidence spectroscopy: the case of NiO/Ag(001). PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER AND MATERIALS PHYSICS, 88(9).
Monitoring antiferromagnetism via angle-resolved Auger photoelectron coincidence spectroscopy: the case of NiO/Ag(001)
Perfetto, E;Cini, M.
2013-01-01
Abstract
Spin selectivity in angle-resolved Auger photoelectron coincidence spectroscopy (AR-APECS) is used to probe electronic structure in antiferromagnetic thin films. In particular, exploiting the AR-APECS capability to discriminate Auger electron emission events characterized by a different spin of the ion in its final state, a sharp multiplet structure in the Ni MVV Auger line shape of NiO/Ag(001) thin films is measured below the critical Néel temperature. The assignment of multiplet terms follows from a close comparison of the experimental AR-APECS line shapes with the predictions based on semiempirical calculations on a cluster model and an open-band extension of the Cini-Sawatzky approach. In analogy to CoO, also in NiO, above the Néel temperature a more featureless Auger spectrum appears and AR-APECS does not disentangle anymore high-spin and low-spin contributions to the total Auger intensity. Such a behavior, which seems to be a general result for metal oxide antiferromagnetic systems, is discussed.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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