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Magnetic dichroism in photoemission with unpolarized light.

Gerd SchönhenseMathias GetzlaffCh. OstertagN. A. CherepkovGerhard H. Fecher

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Materials scienceCondensed matter physicsmedia_common.quotation_subjectInverse photoemission spectroscopyGeneral Physics and AstronomyAngle-resolved photoemission spectroscopyDichroismAsymmetryCondensed Matter::Materials ScienceMagnetizationNuclear magnetic resonanceFerromagnetismAtomic modelSurface statesmedia_common

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A magnetic dichroism in photoemission from ferromagnets induced by unpolarized light is observed for the first time in the valence band region as well as for surface states. The study was carried out with magnetized Fe(110), Co(0001), and Gd(0001) films grown epitaxially on W(110). This phenomenon leads to an intensity asymmetry for opposite directions of the sample magnetization. It can be easily used for a routine laboratory diagnostic of magnetic behavior. A simple theoretical interpretation of the phenomenon based on the atomic model is given.

10.1103/physrevlett.73.3030https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10057264