%AAbadizaman, Farzin%AAbadizaman, Farzin [Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotlářská 2, 611 37 Brno, Czech Republic]%ALove, Jaden%ALove, Jaden [Department of Physics, New Mexico State University, P.O. Box 30001, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003]%AZollner, Stefan%AZollner, Stefan [Department of Physics, New Mexico State University, P.O. Box 30001, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003]%BJournal Name: Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A; Journal Volume: 40; Journal Issue: 3; Related Information: CHORUS Timestamp: 2023-08-10 05:45:12 %D2022%IAmerican Vacuum Society %JJournal Name: Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A; Journal Volume: 40; Journal Issue: 3; Related Information: CHORUS Timestamp: 2023-08-10 05:45:12 %K %MOSTI ID: 10364178 %PMedium: X %TOptical constants of single-crystalline Ni(100) from 77 to 770 K from ellipsometry measurements %X

Ellipsometry measurements were taken on single-crystalline Ni(100) at various temperatures between 77 and 770 K. DC conductivity and resistivity are extracted from the model optical constants and their temperature dependence is discussed. The authors find only qualitative agreement in the general trend of the resistivity measured by ellipsometry and electrical measurements. The temperature dependence of the main absorption peak at 4.8 eV indicates that the interband transitions are scattered by magnons with an effective energy of about 53 meV. The width of the main absorption peak reduces by 0.38 eV as the temperature rises, which is interpreted as the ferromagnetic exchange energy at the L-point. The small absorption peak at 1.5 eV is prominent only in the ferromagnetic phase and almost disappears in the paramagnetic phase. This peculiarity is explained by assigning the peak to K3↓→K2↓ transitions, which accounts for the decrease of the magnitude of the peak and its constant energy.

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