Published September 2005 | Version v1
Journal article

Photoemission spectroscopy of Sm4As3 using soft and hard x-rays

  • 1. Osaka Univ., Graduate School of Engineering Science, Toyonaka, Osaka (Japan)
  • 2. INFM-Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, Milano (IT)
  • 3. European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble (FR)
  • 4. Tohoku Univ., Graduate School of Science, Sendai, Miyagi (JP)

Description

The bulk and surface electronic structures of Sm4As3 have been investigated by hard and soft X-ray photoemission spectroscopies (PESs). PES with a wide range of photon energies (hν's) between 220 and 2450eV demonstrates the absence of valence mixing in both high- and low-temperature phases, that is, the valence of Sm ions is definitely trivalent in the bulk and divalent on the surface. Atomic multiplet calculations taking into account the bulk and surface spectral weights at each hν well reproduce the experimental valence band PES an Sm 3d core-level spectra, supporting the valence difference between bulk and surface in Sm4As3. (author)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of the Physical Society of Japan
Journal Volume
74
Journal Issue
9
Journal Page Range
p. 2538-2543
ISSN
0031-9015

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Notes
34 refs., 7 figs., 2 tabs.