title: Electron spin precession upon reflecting from ferromagnetic surfaces.
abstract: Electrons with the polarization vector perpendicular to the magnetization of Fe, Co, and Ni films are spin analyzed after reflecting from the ferromagnet. At low primary electron energies a strong spin motion is found, namely, a precession of the polarization around the magnetization and a change of the angle between the polarization and the magnetization. This observation can be accounted for by the existence of spin-dependent gaps in the electronic band structure of the ferromagnets.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg, UMR 7504, ULP-CNRS 23 rue du Loess, Boîte Postale 43, F-67034 Strasbourg Cedex 2, France.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Joly
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Ha
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alouani
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kortus
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Weber