Angular distribution of photoelectron intensity

GaAs(110)

Efin = 17 eV
Efin = 30 eV
Efin = 70 eV
Ein = -2.0 eV
Ein = -0.75 eV

 Photocurrent for different binding and final state energies. The mesh shows the Brillouin zones, the first Brillouin zone being the center. The circle indicates the polar angle of 90°.

 

Even a first glance at these images allows to observe several advantages full hemisphere data offer:

  • Features from the initial state band structure offside the high symmetry lines become apparent, as in the pattern of the upper left image.

  • Within one Brillouin zone modulations due to the final states are large, even for surface states such as the dangling-bond state at -0.75 eV.

  • Asymmetry and Brillouin zone selection, the lack of intensity in an entire zone, appear as new characteristics, describing global properties in the patterns.

  • Only full hemisphere data can ensure to exhibit the strongest emissions and important patterns. With one or a few detected emission angles, such typical structures might be missed.

 

 Photoelectron angular distribution contains a wealth of information.

 Most important features in photocurrent distributions can only be seen in full hemisphere scans.

Claus-Henning Solterbeck
CAU Kiel
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30.5.1998