Spin-Polarized Positron Annihilation Spectroscopy: Principles and Applications in Materials Study

Abstract:

In the summer school of PSD2024, focusing on spin-polarized positron annihilation spectroscopy in materials science, I reported the historical background and its possibility concerning current spintronics field, the basic principles, and prospects. Here, as a memorandum, I mainly summarize the basic principles, which can be relatively well-formulated, with some remarks.

• Periodical: Solid State Phenomena (Volume 373)
• Pages: 39-48
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/p-Sa2SMr
• Online since: July 2025
• Authors: Atsuo Kawasuso*
• Keywords: Beam, Ferromagnet, Positron, Spin, Spintronics

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