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PUBLICATIONS

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.
Citation
Applied Physics Letters
Volume
38
Issue
7
Pub Type
Journals
Metrology

Citation

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 October 22, 2025)

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Created April 1, 1981, Updated February 19, 2017
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