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Single crystal surfaces probed by polarized nuclei

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Nuclear magnetic resonance has developed into a very powerful technique to study the structure and dynamics of atomic and molecular systems, both in liquid and solid phase. However the investigation of single crystal surfaces with “conventional” NMR methods is essentially impossible due to the small sample size of less than 1015 sites on a cm2. To overcome this for the important class of alkali adsorbates on metals and semiconductors, two methods are presented. Common to both is the preparation of a highly nuclear spin polarized atomic beam of 6Li in the one case and 8Li in the other. The latter isotope is radioactive and undergoes a \beta‐decay with a halflife of 0.84 s. Li adsorbed on the close packed Ru(001) surface is investigated. The T{in1} relaxation rate is the main observable and is used to deduce the local electronic density of states (LDOS(EF,r=0)) and the Li diffusion barriers at low and high adsorbate coverage. The second experiment uses 6Li as an adsorbate, also studied on Ru(001). The nuclear polarization is measured by beam foil spectroscopy. A novel particle detected (photon counting) Fourier‐Transform NMR technique is demonstrated, by observing the time dependent flux of circularly polarized light emitted behind the foil after a 90\circ‐pulse has been employed at the surface. Development and prospects of the latter technique are presented.

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Jänsch, H. Single crystal surfaces probed by polarized nuclei. Hyperfine Interactions 106, 219–228 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1012658411960

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