Photoinduced plasmon excitations in alkali-metal overlayers

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作者
Barman, SR [1 ]
Horn, K
Haberle, P
Ishida, H
Liebsch, A
机构
[1] Max Planck Gesell, Fritz Haber Inst, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
[2] Univ Tecn Federico Santa Maria, Dept Fis, Valparaiso, Chile
[3] Nihon Univ, Coll Humanities & Sci, Tokyo 156, Japan
[4] Forschungszentrum Julich, Inst Festkorperforsch, D-52425 Julich, Germany
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1998年 / 57卷 / 11期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.57.6662
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T [工业技术];
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摘要
Collective surface excitations in alkali-metal overlayers are observed using photoyield spectroscopy. Spectra for Na and K on Al(111) reveal a multipole surface plasmon and bulklike overlayer plasmon. In contrast-Li on Al exhibits only the multipole mode. In the submonolayer regime, all three alkali metals provide evidence for the threshold excitation. Time-dependent density-functional calculations for realistic alkali-metal overlayers agree well with these observations.
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页码:6662 / 6665
页数:4
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