Photoelectron Spectroscopy

Stefan Hüfner
Photoelectron
Spectroscopy
Principles and Applications
Third Revised and Enlarged Edition
With 461 Figures and 28 Tables
JSJ Springer
Contents
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Introduction and Basic Principles
1.1 Historical Development
1.2 T h e Electron Mean Free P a t h
1.3 Photoelectron Spectroscopy
and Inverse Photoelectron Spectroscopy
1.4 Experimental Aspects
1.5 Very High Resolution
l.G The Theory of Photoemission
1.6.1 Gore-Level Photoemission
1.6.2 Valence-State Photoemission
1.6.3 Three-Step and One-Step Considerations
1.7 Dcviations from the Simple Theory of Photoemission
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Core Levels and Final States
2.1 Core-Levcl Binding Energies in Atoms and Moleculcs
2.1.1 The Equivalent-Core Approximation
2.1.2 Chemical Shifts
2.2 Corc-Lcvel Binding Energies in Solids
2.2.1 The Born Haber Cycle in Insulators
2.2.2 Theory of Binding Energies
2.2.3 Determination of Binding Energies and Chemical Shifts
from Thermodynamic D a t a
2.3 Core Polarization
2.4 Final-State Multiplets in R a r e - E a r t h Valence Bands
2.5 Vibrational Side Bands
2.6 Gore Levels of Adsorbed Molecules
2.7 Quantitative Chemical Analysis from Core-Level Intensities . .
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Charge-Excitation Final States: Satellites
3.1 Copper Dihalides; 3d Transition Metal Compounds
3.1.1 Characterization of a Satellite
3.1.2 Analysis of Charge-Transfer Satellites
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3.1.3 Non-local Screening
3.2 The 6-eV Satellite in Nickel
3.2.1 Resonance Photoemission
3.2.2 Satellites in Other Metals
3.3 T h e Gunnarsson-Schönhammer Theory
3.4 Photoemission Signals and Narrow Bands in Metals
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Continuous Satellites and P l a s m o n Satellites:
X P S P h o t o e m i s s i o n in N e a r l y Free E l e c t r o n S y s t e m s
4.1 Theory
4.1.1 General
4.1.2 Core-Line Shape
4.1.3 Intrinsic Plasmons
4.1.4 Extrinsic Electron Scattering:
Plasmons and Background
4.1.5 T h e Total Photoelectron Spectrum
4.2 Experimental Results
4.2.1 T h e Gore Line W i t h o u t Plasmons
4.2.2 Core-Level Spectra Including Plasmons
4.2.3 Valence-Band Spectra of the Simple Metals
4.2.4 Simple Metals: A General Comment
4.3 The Background Correction
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V a l e n c e O r b i t a l s in S i m p l e M o l e c u l e s
and I n s u l a t i n g S o l i d s
5.1 UPS Spectra of Monatomic Gases
5.2 Photoelectron Spectra of Diatomic Molecules
5.3 Binding Energy of the H2 Molecule
5.4 Hydrides Isoelectronic with Noble Gases
Neon (Ne)
Hydrogen Fluoride (HF)
Water ( H 2 0 )
Ammonia (NH 3 )
Methane (CH 4 )
5.5 Spectra of the Alkali Halides
5.6 Transition Metal Dihalides
5.7 Hydrocarbons
5.7.1 Guidelines for the Interpretation of Spectra
from Free Molecules
5.7.2 Linear Polymers
5.8 Insulating Solids with Valence d Electrons
5.8.1 The NiO Problem
5.8.2 Mott Insulation
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T h e Metal-Insulator Transition; the Ratio
of the Correlation Energy and the Bandwidth; Doping
5.8.4 Band Structures of Transition Metal Compounds . . . .
5.9 High-Temperature Superconductors
5.9.1 Valence-Band Electronic Structure;
Polycrystalline Samples
5.9.2 Dispersion Relations
in High Temperature Superconductors; Single Crystals
5.9.3 Thc Superconducting G a p
5.9.4 Symmetry of the Order P a r a m e t e r
in t h e High-Temperature Superconductors
5.9.5 Core-Level Shifts
5.10 T h e Fermi Liquid and the Luttinger Liquid
5.11 Adsorbed Molecules
5.11.1 Outline
5.11.2 CO on Metal Surfaces
Rcfcrences
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P h o t o e m i s s i o n of V a l e n c e E l e c t r o n s
from M e t a l l i c S o l i d s
in t h e O n e - E l e c t r o n A p p r o x i m a t i o n
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6.1 Theory of Photoemission:
A Summary of the Three-Stcp Model
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6.2 Discussion of the Photocurrcnt
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6.2.1 Kinematics of Internal Photoemission
in a Polycrystalline Sample
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6.2.2 P r i m a r y and Secondary Cones
in the Photoemission from a Real Solid
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6.2.3 Angle-Integrated and Angle-Resolved D a t a Collection . 366
6.3 Photoemission from the Semi-infinite Crystal:
T h e Inverse L E E D Formalism
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6.3.1 Band Structure Regime
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6.3.2 X P S Regime
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6.3.3 Surface Emission
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6.3.4 One-Step Calculations
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6.4 Thermal Effects
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6.5 Dipole Selection Rules for Direct Optical Transitions
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Band Structure
and Angular-Resolved Photoelectron Spectra
7.1 Free-Elcctron Final-State Model
7.2 Methods Employing Calculated Band Structures
7.3 Methods for the Absolute Determination
of the Crystal Momentum
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Triangulation or Energy Coincidence Method
Bragg Plane Method: Variation of External Emission
Angle at Fixed P h o t o n Frcquency
(Disappearance/Appearance Angle Method
7.3.3 Bragg Plane Method: Variation of P h o t o n Energy
at Fixed Emission Angle (Symmetry Method)
7.3.4 T h e Surface Emission Method and Electron Damping
7.3.5 T h e Very-Low-Energy Electron Diffraction Method . .
7.3.6 T h e Fermi Surface Method
7.3.7 Intensities and Their Use
in Band-Structure Determinations
7.3.8 Summary
7.4 Experimental Band Structures
7.4.1 One- and Two-Dimensional Systems
7.4.2 Three-Dimensional Solids: Metals and Semiconductors
7.4.3 UPS Band Structures and X P S Density of States
7.5 A Comment
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S u r f a c e S t a t e s , S u r f a c e Effects
8.1 Theoretical Considerations
8.2 Experimental Results on Surface States
8.3 Quantum-Well States
8.4 Surface Core-Level Shifts
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Inverse P h o t o e l e c t r o n Spectroscopy
9.1 Surface States
9.2 Bulk Band Structures
9.3 Adsorbed Molecules
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10. S p i n - P o l a r i z e d P h o t o e l e c t r o n S p e c t r o s c o p y
10.1 General Description
10.2 Exaniples of Spin-Polarized Photoelectron Spectroscopy
10.3 Magnetic Dichroism
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11. P h o t o e l e c t r o n Diffraction
11.1 Examples
11.2 Substrate Photoelectron Diffraction
11.3 Adsorbate Photoelectron Diffraction
11.4 Fermi Surface Scans
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Appendix
A.l Table of Binding Energies
A.2 Surface and Bulk Brillouin Zones of the Three Low-Index Faces
of a Face-Centered Cubic (fcc) Crystal Face
A.3 Compilation of Work Functions
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