Abstract
The energy loss functions (ELFs) of three transition metals (Cr, Co and Pd) have been derived from reflection electron energy loss spectroscopy spectrum with a theoretical analysis of the measured data [Xu et al., J. Appl. Phys. 123, 043306 (2018)]. In this work, we update our previous ELFs in a wider photon energy region (0–200 eV) with a better accuracy, which is verified by sum rules and a root-mean-square deviation. The electron inelastic mean free paths (IMFPs) of Cr, Co and Pd have been calculated with the obtained ELFs by adopting a dielectric response theory. We employ both the single-pole approximation and full Penn algorithm for the calculation of IMFPs, and the calculated results are compared with other references.
Graphical abstract
Similar content being viewed by others
References
A. Jablonski, Surf. Interface Anal. 15, 559 (1990)
C.J. Powell, A. Jablonski, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data 28, 19 (1999)
A. Jablonski, Surf. Sci. 151, 166 (1985)
W.S.M. Werner, C. Tomastik, T. Cabela, G. Richter, H. Störi, Surf. Sci. 470, L123 (2000)
S. Tanuma, T. Shiratori, T. Kimura, K. Goto, S. Ichimura, C.J. Powell, Surf. Interface Anal. 37, 833 (2005)
D.R. Penn, Phys. Rev. B 35, 482 (1987)
S.F. Mao, Y.G. Li, R.G. Zeng, Z.J. Ding, J. Appl. Phys. 104, 114907 (2008)
S. Tanuma, C.J. Powell, D.R. Penn. Surf. Interface Anal. 43, 689 (2011)
H. Shinotsuka, S. Tanuma, C.J. Powell, D.R. Penn, Surf. Interface Anal. 47, 871 (2015)
Y. Sun, H. Xu, B. Da, S.F. Mao, Z.J. Ding, Chin. J. Chem. Phys. 29, 663 (2016)
B. Da, Y. Sun, S.F. Mao, Z.M. Zhang, H. Jin, H. Yoshikawa, S. Tanuma, Z.J. Ding, J. Appl. Phys. 113, 214303 (2013)
H. Xu, B. Da, J. Tóth, K. Tőkési, Z.J. Ding, Phys. Rev. B 95, 195417 (2017)
H. Xu, L.H. Yang, B. Da, J. Tóth, K. Tőkési, Z.J. Ding, Nucl. Instrum. Meth. Phys. Res. B 406, 475 (2017)
L.H. Yang, M. Menyhard, A. Sulyok, K. Tőkési, Z.J. Ding, Appl. Surf. Sci. 456, 999 (2018)
H. Xu, L.H. Yang, J. Tóth, K. Tőkési, B. Da, Z.J. Ding, J. Appl. Phys. 123, 043306 (2018)
N.F. Mott, Proc. R. Soc. Lond. A 124, 425 (1929)
J.P. Desclaux, Comput. Phys. Commun. 9, 31 (1975) [Erratum: Comp. Phys. Commun. 13, 71 (1977)]
J.B. Furness, I.E. McCarthy, J. Phys. B 6, 2280 (1973)
F. Salvat, A. Jablonski, C.J. Powell, Comp. Phys. Commun. 165, 157 (2005)
A. Jablonski, F. Salvat, C.J. Powell, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data 33, 409 (2004)
Y.C. Li, Y.H. Tu, C.M. Kwei, C.J. Tung, Surf. Sci. 589, 67 (2005)
R.H. Ritchie, A. Howie, Philos. Mag. 36, 463 (1977)
S. Kirkpatrick, C.D. Gelatt, M.P. Vecchi, Science 220, 671 (1983)
L. Kövér, D. Varga, I. Cserny, J. Tóth, K. Tőkési, Surf. Interface Anal. 19, 9 (1992)
E.D. Palik, Handbook of Optical Constants of Solids (Academic Press, New York, 1991)
B.L. Henke, E.M. Gullikson, J.C. Davis, At. Data Nucl. Data Tables 54, 181 (1993)
W.S.M. Werner, K. Glantschnig, C. Ambrosch-Draxl, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data 38, 1013 (2009)
D. Tahir, J. Kraaer, S. Tougaard, J. Appl. Phys. 115, 243508 (2014)
D.E. Cullen, J.H. Hubbell, L. Kissel, EPDL97, UCRL-50400, Vol. 6, Rev. 5, Sep 19, 1997
G. Gergely, M. Menyhárd, K. Péntek, A. Sulyok, A. Jablonski, B. Lesiak, Cs. Darόczi, Surf. Sci. 331, 1203 (1995)
M. Krawczyk, L. Zommer, B. Lesiak, A. Jablonski, Surf. Interface Anal. 25, 356 (1997)
C.M. Kwei, Y.F. Chen, C.J. Tung, J.P. Wang, Surf. Sci. 293, 202 (1993)
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Additional information
Contribution to the Topical Issue “Many Particle Spectroscopy of Atoms, Molecules, Clusters and Surfaces (2018)”, edited by Károly Tőkési, Béla Paripás, Gábor Pszota, and Andrey V. Solov’yov.
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Yang, L., Tőkési, K., Da, B. et al. Determination of electron inelastic mean free path of three transition metals from reflection electron energy loss spectroscopy spectrum measurement data. Eur. Phys. J. D 73, 21 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2018-90551-6
Received:
Revised:
Published:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2018-90551-6