Robust and tunable itinerant ferromagnetism at the silicon surface of the antiferromagnet GdRh2Si2

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 6; no. 1; p. 24254
• Main Authors: Güttler, M., Generalov, A., Otrokov, M. M., Kummer, K., Kliemt, K., Fedorov, A., Chikina, A., Danzenbächer, S., Schulz, S., Chulkov, E. V., Koroteev, Yu. M., Caroca-Canales, N., Shi, M., Radovic, M., Geibel, C., Laubschat, C., Dudin, P., Kim, T. K., Hoesch, M., Krellner, C., Vyalikh, D. V.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 07.04.2016; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 639/301/119/2793; 639/301/119/995; 639/766/119/997; Alkali metals; Condensed Matter; Humanities and Social Sciences; Interfaces; Magnetic properties; Magnetism; multidisciplinary; Photoelectron spectroscopy; Physics; Science; Silicon; Spectroscopy; Splitting; Temperature effects; AUGMENTED-WAVE METHOD; STATES; SPECTRUM; TEMPERATURE; RARE-EARTH; PHOTOEMISSION

Spin-polarized two-dimensional electron states (2DESs) at surfaces and interfaces of magnetically active materials attract immense interest because of the idea of exploiting fermion spins rather than charge in next generation electronics. Applying angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy, we show t...