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Photoelectron spin polarization via the relativistic augmented-plane-wave method

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Zeitschrift für Physik B Condensed Matter

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A method for calculating the spin polarization of photoelectrons excited by circularly polarized light in solids is proposed. The matrix elements of the electron-photon interaction Hamiltonian are obtained with the relativistic augmented-plane-wave method by Loucks. The degree of the spin polarization can be calculated using these matrix elements which represent optical transitions taking into account the spin states.

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  1. Department of Physics, Waseda University, 4-170 Nishi-Ohkubo, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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Koyama, K. Photoelectron spin polarization via the relativistic augmented-plane-wave method. Z Physik B 22, 337–341 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01312803

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