Evidence for the half-metallic ferromagnetic state of Fe3O4 by spin-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy -: art. no. 064417

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Dedkov, YS [1 ]
Rüdiger, U [1 ]
Güntherodt, G [1 ]
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[1] Rhein Westfal TH Aachen, Inst Phys 2, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 2002年 / 65卷 / 06期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.65.064417
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The spin-dependent electronic structure of thin epitaxial films of magnetite, Fe3O4(111), has been investigated at room temperature by means of spin-, energy-, and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy. Near the Fermi energy E-F a spin polarization of -(80+/-5)% is found. The spin-resolved photoemission spectra for binding energies between 1.5 eV and E-F show good agreement with spin-split band energies from density-functional calculations.
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