Abstract
Standing-wave-excited photoemission is used to study a superlattice. Rocking curves of core-level and valence band spectra are used to derive layer-resolved spectral functions, revealing a suppression of electronic states near the Fermi level in the multilayer as compared to bulk . Further analysis shows that the suppression of these states is not homogeneously distributed over the layers but is more pronounced near the interfaces. Possible origins of this effect and its relationship to a previously observed metal-insulator-transition in ultrathin films are discussed.
- Received 2 July 2011
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.116402
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