Detecting the parity of electron wave functions in solids by quantum-well states of overlayers

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Contributors

  • D. V. Vyalikh - , Chair of Surface Physics (Author)
  • Yu Kucherenko - , National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Author)
  • F. Schiller - , University of the Basque Country (Author)
  • M. Holder - , TUD Dresden University of Technology (Author)
  • A. Kade - , TUD Dresden University of Technology (Author)
  • S. Danzenbaecher - , Chair of Surface Physics (Author)
  • S. L. Molodtsov - , TUD Dresden University of Technology (Author)
  • C. Laubschat - , Chair of Surface Physics (Author)

Abstract

We present an approach to monitor the parity of wave functions of electronic states of bulk solids, which was elaborated on the model Ag) W(110) system. The dispersion of quantum- well (QW) states formed in the thin Ag layer was examined by means of angle-resolved photoemission. The obtained experimental data were compared with results of layer Korringa -Kohn -Rostoker calculations. We found that around k points, where the two-dimensional QW bands cross the projected bulk bands of the W substrate of the same symmetry, broad hybridization gaps in the QW distributions are observed. Careful analysis based on a symmetry approach for the electronic bands in the Ag monolayer and the W substrate suggests that respective gaps may generally be taken as a fingerprint for the interaction with substrate states of even parity with respect to the emission plane. We anticipate that QW states may be used as a probe for symmetry properties of strongly correlated states in systems like heavy-fermion compounds that are difficult to access theoretically within an ab initio approach.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Article number043038
Number of pages12
JournalNew journal of physics
Volume10
Publication statusPublished - 22 Apr 2008
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

Scopus 46449125665

Keywords

Keywords

  • Photoemission, Au, Ag