Resolving complex atomic-scale spin structures by spin-polarized scanning tunneling microscopy

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 86, Issue 18, 2001, Pages 4132-4135

  Wortmann, D ^a   Heinze, S ^a,b   Kurz, Ph ^a   Bihlmayer, G ^a   Blugel S ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROMAGNETISM; CHROMIUM; ELECTRON TUNNELING; ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; FERMI LEVEL; MAGNETIC THIN FILMS; MAGNETIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SILVER; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

AB INITIO VECTOR SPIN-DENSITY CALCULATION; ATOMIC STRUCTURE; ATOMIC-SCALE MAGNETIC STRUCTURE; SPIN-POLARIZED ELECTRON; SPIN-POLARIZED SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPE;

ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE;

EID: 0035971710     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.4132     Document Type: Article

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