Interference of spin states in resonant photoemission induced by circularly polarized light from magnetized Gdстатья
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Аннотация:We have observed the spin-state interference by measuring the photoelectron spin polarization in the resonant preedge 4d -> 4f photoemission from magnetized Gd. The photoemission is induced by circularly polarized light which determines one preferential direction of electron spin orientation due to polarization transfer and spin-orbit interaction. Another direction perpendicular to the first one is determined by the target electron spin orientation connected with the target magnetization. We have measured the component of spin polarization perpendicular to those two directions which can only appear due to spin-state interference which implies coherence of the spin states produced by the two mechanisms of the photoelectron spin polarization.