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Oxygen-induced magnetic surface states on the (0001) surfaces of heavy lanthanide metals

  • C. Schüßler-Langeheine
  • , Holger Ott
  • , A. Yu Grigoriev
  • , A. Möller
  • , R. Meier
  • , Zhuangzhung Hu
  • , Chandan Mazumdar
  • , G. Kaindl
  • , E. Weschke
  • Freie Universität Berlin
  • Saint-Petersburg State University

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Abstract

Oxygen adsorption on the close-packed surfaces of trivalent heavy lanthanide metals leads to the formation of well-ordered surface-oxide systems. These systems are characterized by fully occupied oxygen-induced surface states, resembling the surface states of the clean metal surfaces. For the magnetic lanthanides, these states exhibit temperature-dependent magnetic splittings with constant finite values above the respective highest magnetic ordering temperatures, (formula presented) Angle-resolved photoemission from Gd to Ho reveals a systematic behavior of the splittings: the magnitudes are proportional to the (formula presented) moment and their temperature dependencies scale with (formula presented).
Original languageEnglish
Article number214410
Number of pages9
JournalPhysical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Volume2002
Issue numberVolume 65, Issue 21
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 20 May 2002
Externally publishedYes

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