Photoelectron Diffraction in Magnetic Linear Dichroism

F. U. Hillebrecht; H. B. Rose; T. Kinoshita; Y. U. Idzerda; G. van der Laan; R. Denecke; L. Ley

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.75.2883

Photoelectron Diffraction in Magnetic Linear Dichroism

F. U. Hillebrecht, H. B. Rose, T. Kinoshita, Y. U. Idzerda, G. van der Laan, R. Denecke, and L. Ley

Phys. Rev. Lett. 75, 2883 – Published 9 October 1995

Abstract

The angular dependence of the magnetic linear dichroism in Fe and Co $3 p$ photoemission is investigated. The dichroism has the same symmetry behavior as in the free atom, and vanishes when integrated over all angles. However, the angular dependence shows pronounced deviations from the $\sin 2 θ$ dependence of the free atom. The qualitative features can be understood in terms of a photoelectron diffraction picture, taking into account the details of the final state wave functions with respect to angular momentum and magnetic quantum numbers.

Received 28 March 1995

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.75.2883

Authors & Affiliations

F. U. Hillebrecht¹, H. B. Rose¹, T. Kinoshita¹, Y. U. Idzerda², G. van der Laan³, R. Denecke⁴, and L. Ley⁴

¹Institut für Angewandte Physik, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
²Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C. 20375
³Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington WA4 4AD, United Kingdom
⁴Institut für Technische Physik II, Friedrich Alexander-Universität Erlangen, 91058 Erlangen, Germany