Abstract
The electric quadrupole hyperfine interaction at Cu (100) surfaces has been detected at isolated probe atoms by use of the perturbed angular correlation technique. The electric-field-gradient tensor at K was found to be axially symmetric with a strength of V/ and the symmetry axis perpendicular to the (100) surface. A linear temperature dependence of the electric field gradient was observed. These findings support the assumption of highly symmetric surface sites as positions for the probes.
- Received 26 June 1986
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.57.1068
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