We report on an investigation of spin-polarized secondary electron emission from the chemically inert system: graphene/Ni(111). An ordered passivation graphene layer (monolayer of graphite) was formed on Ni(111) surface via cracking of propylene gas. The spin polarization of secondary electrons obtained from this system upon photoemission is only slightly lower than the one from the clean Ni surface but does not change upon large oxygen exposure. These results suggest to use such passivated Ni(111) surface as a source of spin-polarized electrons stable against adsorption of reactive gases.

Here we report a photoemission study of the Fe intercalation underneath a graphene layer on Ni(111). The process of intercalation was monitored by means of x-ray photoemission of corresponding core levels as well as ultraviolet photoemission of the graphene-derived π states in the valence band. Thin fcc Fe layers (2–5 ML thickness) at the interface between a graphene capping layer and Ni(111) form epitaxial films passivated from the reactive environment.

The spin-resolved electronic structure of thin Cr overlayers on top of the Fe(110) surface was investigated by means of spin- and angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy. The initial fast drop of photoelectron spin-polarization at the Fermi level, followed by weak oscillatory behavior with the period of about 2 ML, can give an evidence for the first time spectroscopic observation of the short period oscillations in (110)-oriented thin Cr films.

Spin- and angle-resolved resonant (Ce 4d→4f) photoemission spectra of a monolayer Ce on Fe(110) reveal spin-dependent changes of the Fermi-level peak intensities. That indicates a spin dependence of 4f hybridization and, thus, of 4f occupancy and local moment. The phenomenon is described in the framework of the periodic Anderson model by 4f electron hopping into the exchange split Fe 3d derived bands that form a spin-gap at the Fermi energy around the ¯Γ point of the surface Brillouin zone.

Here we report on results of a spin-resolved photoelectron spectroscopic (SRPES) study of YCo2 thin films (150 Å-thick) grown on a W(110) substrate. The films were prepared by co-deposition of stoichiometric amounts of Y and Co onto a clean W surface followed by thermal annealing leading to (2×2) overstructure with respect to W(110) in the low-energy electron diffraction pattern indicated formation of a structurally ordered YCo2(111) surface. While no clear spin asymmetry was observed for bulk-sensitive SRPES data taken at hν=1253.6 eV, the more surface-sensitive SRPES data obtained at hν=21.2 eV photon energy revealed a clear spin-asymmetry probing the validity of the recent theoretical prediction.

We report on a magnetic analysis by means of spin-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy of an atomically flat heteromagnetic rare-earth interface of 1 ML Eu∕Gd(0001). The measurements reveal a high net Eu magnetization at low temperatures reflected by a spin polarization ∼15% of the Eu 4f state. This magnetic Eu configuration is due to a strong ferromagnetic interlayer exchange coupling across the Eu∕Gd interface which overcomes a weak negative intralayer coupling between Eu spins in the hexagonal two-dimensional lattice.