Photoemission studies of quantum well states in thin films

TC Chiang - Surface Science Reports, 2000 - Elsevier
Confinement of electrons in small structures such as a thin film results in discrete quantum
well states. Such states can be probed by angle-resolved photoemission, as first predicted …

Quantum well structures in thin metal films: simple model physics in reality?

M Milun, P Pervan, DP Woodruff - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2002 - iopscience.iop.org
The quantum wells formed by ultra-thin metallic films on appropriate metallic substrates
provide a real example of the simple undergraduate physics problem in quantum mechanics …

Decay of electronic excitations at metal surfaces

PM Echenique, R Berndt, EV Chulkov, T Fauster… - Surface Science …, 2004 - Elsevier
Recent experimental work has reached an accurate determination of surface-state linewidth
by scanning tunneling spectroscopy, photoemission and directly in the time domain by two …

Phase accumulation model analysis of quantum well resonances formed in ultra-thin Ag, Au films on W (1 1 0)

AM Shikin, DV Vyalikh, GV Prudnikova, VK Adamchuk - Surface science, 2001 - Elsevier
Series of quantum well states (QWS's) have been observed in photoemission spectra for the
Ag/W (110) and Ag/Au/W (110) systems in a binding energy region lying outside of the …

Oscillatory electron-phonon coupling in ultra-thin silver films on V (100)

T Valla, M Kralj, A Siber, M Milun… - Journal of Physics …, 2000 - iopscience.iop.org
The temperature dependence of peak widths in high-resolution angle-resolved
photoelectron spectroscopy from quantum well states in ultra-thin Ag films on V (100) has …

Temperature dependence of photoemission from quantum-well states in Ag/V (100): Moving surface-vacuum barrier effects

M Kralj, A Šiber, P Pervan, M Milun, T Valla… - Physical Review B, 2001 - APS
The temperature dependence of angle-resolved photoemission from quantum-well states in
ultrathin films of Ag on V (100) has been examined for films from 1–8 ML thickness within the …

Experimental and ab initio study of the structural and electronic properties of subnanometer thick Ag films on Pd(111)

VM Trontl, I Pletikosić, M Milun, P Pervan, P Lazić… - Physical Review B …, 2005 - APS
We present a combined, experimental, and computational investigation of the growth mode
and the valence-band structure of Ag∕ Pd (111), with the focus on the Ag 4 d derived …

Quantum-well states in ultrathin Ag (111) films deposited onto H-passivated Si (111)-(1× 1) surfaces

A Arranz, JF Sánchez-Royo, J Avila, V Pérez-Dieste… - Physical Review B, 2002 - APS
Ag (111) films were deposited at room temperature onto H-passivated Si (111)−(1× 1)
substrates, and subsequently annealed at 300 C. An abrupt nonreactive Ag/Si interface is …

Correlated oscillations of the magnetic anisotropy energy and orbital moment anisotropy in thin films: The role of quantum well states

LM Sandratskii - Physical Review B, 2015 - APS
We report the first-principles study of the correlated behavior of the magnetic anisotropy
energy (MAE) and orbital moment anisotropy (OMA) as the functions of the thickness N of …

d-band quantum well states in ultrathin silver films on V(100)

M Kralj, P Pervan, M Milun, T Valla, PD Johnson… - Physical Review B, 2003 - APS
We report an angle-resolved photoemission study of d-derived quantum well (QW) states in
ultrathin silver films grown on V (100). Distinct d-derived QW states were observed for film …