Abstract
We have studied the Cr(110) surface with low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy at 6 to 145 K. For tunneling voltages below we observe a surface charge-density wave (CDW) with a wavelength of and wave fronts aligned with the [001] in-plane direction. The observed wave pattern is identified as the surface projection of the bulk CDW's arising from the spin-density wave ground state of Cr with the vector parallel to [100] and [010], respectively. The bulk CDW with parallel to the [001] in-plane direction appears, however, to be strongly suppressed at the Cr(110) surface.
- Received 11 April 2000
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.3500
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