Dichroism in angle-resolved photoemission from Pt(111)

Abstract

The angular dependence of the circular dichroism in photoemission from Pt(111) was investigated for excitation with VUV and soft x-ray radiation. VUV excitation was used to probe band structure and the circular dichroism for valence band emission. The measurements are compared to full relativistic single step photoemission calculations. XPS was used to investigate the circular dichroism in emission from the 4f core level. In this case, the dichroism is induced by photoelectron diffraction. First results from single step core level calculations are compared to the experimental observations.