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Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 186401 (2004) [4 pages]

Direct Extraction of the Eliashberg Function for Electron-Phonon Coupling: A Case Study of Be(101̅ 0)

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Junren Shi1, S.-J. Tang2, Biao Wu1,3, P. T. Sprunger4, W. L. Yang5,6, V. Brouet5,6, X. J. Zhou5, Z. Hussain6, Z.-X. Shen5, Zhenyu Zhang1,2, and E. W. Plummer1,2
1Condensed Matter Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
2Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
3Department of Physics, University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
4Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
5Department of Physics, Applied Physics and Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
6Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA

Received 4 August 2003; published 4 May 2004

We propose a systematic procedure to directly extract the Eliashberg function for electron-phonon coupling from high-resolution angle-resolved photoemission measurement. The procedure is successfully applied to the Be(101̅ 0) surface, providing new insights into electron-phonon coupling at this surface. The method is shown to be robust against imperfections in experimental data and suitable for wider applications.

© 2004 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.186401
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.186401
PACS:
71.38.–k, 73.20.–r