Photoemission and density functional theory study of Ge(100): Clean surface and Yb-induced (2x4) reconstruction
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Summary, in English
Clean and metal-adsorbed (100) surfaces of group-IV semiconductors, such as Si and Ge, often exhibit electronically and structurally similar reconstructions. However, the fundamental bulk properties of group-IV materials can have an impact on particular features of such systems, which are related, e.g., to final-state relaxation in photoemission and thus determine their spectral line shape. Here we have studied Yb/Ge(100)(2 x 4) reconstruction as well as clean Ge(100) surface by high-resolution photoelectron spectroscopy and ab initio calculations. An atomic geometry of both surfaces is thoroughly investigated. A detailed analysis of Ge 3d core-level photoemission, atomic origins of surface-shifted components, and final-state screening effects is presented. In particular, it is demonstrated that the core-hole screening plays an essential role in Ge 3d measurements, and that its amount in the complete screening model correlates well with the core-level binding energy of respective Ge atoms in the initial state. The results are discussed in the proper context of related reconstructions on Si(100). (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Department/s
Publishing year
2013
Language
English
Pages
88-96
Publication/Series
Surface Science
Volume
615
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Elsevier
Topic
- Physical Sciences
- Natural Sciences
Keywords
- Germanium
- Ytterbium
- Photoelectron spectroscopy
- DFT calculation
- Atomic structure
- Surface core-level shift
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 0039-6028