Angle-Resolved Resonant Photoemission as a Probe of Spatial Localization and Character of Electron States

S. L. Molodtsov; M. Richter; S. Danzenbächer; S. Wieling; L. Steinbeck; C. Laubschat

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.78.142

Angle-Resolved Resonant Photoemission as a Probe of Spatial Localization and Character of Electron States

S. L. Molodtsov, M. Richter, S. Danzenbächer, S. Wieling, L. Steinbeck, and C. Laubschat

Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 142 – Published 6 January 1997

Abstract

Resonant photoemission (PE) in the angle-resolved mode is proposed as a method to determine the spatial localization and the angular momentum character of valence band states from on-resonance PE signals across the Brillouin zone. This technique is applied to study ordered films of La metal. The obtained experimental data agree well with the results of band-structure calculations and related eigenvector analysis.

Received 24 June 1996

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.78.142

Authors & Affiliations

S. L. Molodtsov¹, M. Richter², S. Danzenbächer¹, S. Wieling¹, L. Steinbeck^2,3, and C. Laubschat¹

¹Institut für Oberflächenphysik und Mikrostrukturphysik, TU Dresden, D-01062 Dresden, Germany
²Max-Planck-Arbeitsgruppe “Elektronensysteme,” TU Dresden, D-01062 Dresden, Germany
³Department of Physics, University of York, York YO1 5DD, United Kingdom