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An Electron Spin Polarization Detector: Spin Dependent Absorption of a Polarized Electron Beam
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Author(s)
Robert Celotta, Daniel T. Pierce, H Siegmann, John Unguris
Abstract
The exchange interaction and the spin-orbit interaction are observed to cause a spin dependence of the absorption of a polarized electron beam in the amorphous ferromagnet Ni40Fe40B20 and a W(100) single crystal respectively. The enhancement of the spin dependence, near the energy where the secondary electron yield is unity, is shown to provide a simple efficient detector of spin polarization.
Celotta, R.
, Pierce, D.
, Siegmann, H.
and Unguris, J.
(1981),
An Electron Spin Polarization Detector: Spin Dependent Absorption of a Polarized Electron Beam, Applied Physics Letters
(Accessed June 9, 2023)