Thin Fe films grown on Ag(100) studied by angle- and spin-resolved inverse-photoemission spectroscopy
- 15 October 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 48 (15) , 11298-11304
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.48.11298
Abstract
We present an investigation of the empty electronic states of thin Fe films epitaxially grown on Ag(100), by means of angle- and spin-resolved isochromat inverse-photoemission spectroscopy. Results for film thicknesses in the range from 1 to 50 bcc-Fe monolayers are reported. The evolution of the bands when going from very thin to bulklike films is considered. It is found that the bulk electron d-band structure develops after the deposition of many layers (about 15), while for thinner films the exchange splitting is reduced with respect to the bulk value.Keywords
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