Dhal, S., Chatterjee, S., Samarin, S., Williams, J. F., Giebels, F., Gollisch, H., Feder, R.
Effect of irridation with argon ions on elastic scattering of spin-polarized electrons from W(110) surface
Radiatiation Effects and Defects in Solids 170, (2),pp 144-151 (2015)
The energy and azimuthal angle dependencies of the asymmetry of spin-polarized low-energy electrons
((00) beam) elastically scattered from a W(110) surface, have been studied before and after irradiated
with slow Ar+ ions with energies of 200 eV, 500 eV and 1 keV at a fluence of 5 x 1015 ions/cm2. The energy dependence of the scattered electron asymmetries and intensities (for a fixed azimuthal angle of 55°, which is determined by the angle between the normal to the scattering plane and the [110] direction in the surface of the W(110) crystal) and the azimuthal angle dependence of the asymmetry for two different incident electron energies of 14 eV and 23 eV showed a significant change after irradiation. The low-energy ion irradiation influenced the spin-polarized electron scattering more than the higher energy ions. The reason for the change of spin-dependent electron scattering is a quenching of coherent elastic multiple scattering, mainly due to lattice defects induced by implanted ions. Thus, these modifications demonstrate a technological way to construct spin-active interface with required properties. The agreement between experimental results and theoretical ones with and without multiple scattering provides a consistent explanation of the observations.