Mapping the spin-dependent electron reflectivity of Fe and Co ferromagnetic thin films

Details Mapping the spin-dependent electron reflectivity of Fe and Co ferromagnetic thin films Mapping the spin-dependent electron reflectivity of Fe and Co ferromagnetic thin films

2004-04-29

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0404720v3

Phys. Rev. B 71, 144429 (2005)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

5 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.71.144429

Spin Polarized Low Energy Electron Microscopy is used as a spin dependent spectroscopic probe to study the spin dependent specular reflection of a polarized electron beam from two different magnetic thin film systems: Fe/W(110) and Co/W(110). The reflectivity and spin-dependent exchange-scattering asymmetry are studied as a function of electron kinetic energy and film thickness, as well as the time dependence. The largest value of the figure of merit for spin polarimetry is observed for a 5 monolayer thick film of Co/W(110) at an electron kinetic energy of 2eV. This value is 2 orders of magnitude higher than previously obtained with state of the art Mini-Mott polarimeter. We discuss implications of our results for the development of an electron-spin-polarimeter using the exchange-interaction at low energy.

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