Experimental Evidence for Spin Depolarization in Photoemission

6 September 1982

journal article
research article
Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters

Vol. 49 (10) , 747-751
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.49.747

Abstract

Nonconservation of photoelectron spin polarization during photoemission has been observed. Initially polarized electrons photoexcited in a germanium single crystal are completely depolarized by paramagnetic gadolinium atoms deposited on the surface of the sample.

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