| Issue |
EPJ Web Conf.
Volume 273, 2022
Journées Nationales des Spectroscopies de PhotoEmission (JNSPE 2022)
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| Article Number | 01010 | |
| Number of page(s) | 4 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202227301010 | |
| Published online | 02 December 2022 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202227301010
On the energy resolution of a GaAs-based electron source for spin-resolved inverse photoemission
1
Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, 91400 Orsay, France.
2
Constructive Solutions for Science and Technology, 33649 Bielefeld, Germany.
* Corresponding author: campos-contreras@lps.u-psud.fr
Published online: 2 December 2022
The spin resolution in inverse photoemission spectroscopy is achieved by injecting spin-polarized electrons, usually produced by GaAs-based cold cathodes that replace hot-filament electron guns of spin-integrated setups. The overall energy resolution of the system can be enhanced by adjusting either the optical bandpass of the photon detector or the energy distribution of the electron beam. Here we discuss the influence of the photocurrent and the photocathode temperature on the energy broadening of the electron beam through the inverse photoemission spectra of the spin-splitted Shockley surface state of Au(111). First, we find that cooling down the GaAs photocathode to 77 K increases the band gap and reduces the number of allowed vertical transitions, monochromatizing the electron beam with an enhancement of about 30 meV for the energy resolution. Second, we observe a correlation between the generated photocurrent at the electron source, and the space-charge effects at the sample as a reduction of lifetime and spin asymmetry of a polarized bulk state. These observations allow defining a threshold of current density for the optimum acquisition in the measurements of spin-resolved inverse photoemission in Au.
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