Low Energy Electron Diffraction Analysis of Ultrathin AgFilms on W(110)

H. C. Poon, S. Y. Tong, W. F. Chung and M. S. Altman
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H. C. Poon: Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
S. Y. Tong: Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
W. F. Chung: Department of Physics, Hong Kong University of Science &Technology, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
M. S. Altman: Department of Physics, Hong Kong University of Science &Technology, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China

Surface Review and Letters (SRL), 1998, vol. 05, issue 06, 1143-1149

Abstract: We have measured low energy electron diffraction data for clean W(110), ultrathin and thick Ag films on W(110). The data are analyzed by full dynamical multiple scattering calculations to determine the structure of the Ag-film/W(110) system. The multiple scattering calculation takes into account the incommensurate scattering between the non-pseudomorphic Ag films and the W(110) substrate. We have examined the effect of dynamical inputs used in the calculation. We find that for normally incident electrons, the surface barrier at the vacuum-film interface and the inelastic damping modify mainly relative intensities of the diffraction peaks while the energy-dependent inner potential at low energies influences peak positions. After the dynamical inputs are independently determined, we use the data below 25 eV where the electron's mean free path is long, to determine the layer spacing at the Ag film – W substrate interface. A major trend we find is that the layer spacing at the interface decreases as the Ag film's thickness increases.

Date: 1998
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