Physical Review Letters · 1987 · 122 citations · 15 references
Natural SciencesMaterials SciencePhysicsCondensed Matter PhysicsSpectroscopySurface ScienceMagnetic CharacterizationMagnetic Properties Of SolidsMagnetism In SolidsSurface MagnetismSurface PhysicsSurface SpectroscopyElectron Escape DepthLow-energy Electron SpectroscopySpin PolarizationSpin Polarization EffectsSurface SensitivitySurface Spin PolarizationTemperature Dependence
We have studied the temperature dependence and the sensitivity to oxygen adsorption of the spin polarization of low-energy secondary electrons from Ni(110). Both types of measurements show a strong surface sensitivity, suggesting a mean magnetic probing depth of only three to four atomic layers, contrary to estimates based on the universal escape-depth curve.
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Low energy electrons and surface chemistry
Steven L. Suib · Journal of Solid State Chemistry · 1987 · 915 citations
Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Physics +14
Spin and Energy Analyzed Secondary Electron Emission from a Ferromagnet
John Unguris, D. T. Pierce, A. Galejs et al. · Physical Review Letters · 1982 · 139 citations