Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 237205 (2002) [4 pages]Magnetization-Direction-Dependent Local Electronic Structure Probed by Scanning Tunneling SpectroscopyReceived 21 December 2001; published 18 November 2002 Scanning tunneling spectroscopy (STS) of thin Fe films on W(110) shows that the electronic structure of domains and domain walls is different. This experimental result is explained on the basis of first-principles calculations. A detailed analysis reveals that the spin-orbit induced mixing between minority dxy+xz and minority dz2 spin states depends on the magnetization direction and changes the local density of states in the vacuum detectable by STS. As a consequence nanometer-scale magnetic structure information is obtained even by using nonmagnetic probe tips. © 2002 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.237205
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.237205
PACS:
75.90.+w, 07.79.Cz, 75.60.Ch
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