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溝川 貴司 [教授] | ![]() |
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専門分野 | 固体物理学・放射光分光 | |
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○強相関電子系の電子状態 ○光電子分光・逆光電子分光 ○X線分光・散乱 ●日本物理学会 |
真空中で固体に真空紫外線やX線を照射すると表面から光電子が放出されます。この光電子の運動エネルギーと運動量を計測することにより、固体表面や固体中で電子が占有している状態を調べることができます(光電子分光)。逆に、電子線を固体表面に照射して放出される光子のエネルギーを測定することにより、電子に占有されていない状態の情報が得られます(逆光電子分光)。当研究室では、これらの電子分光に加えて、高輝度で波長可変な放射光を利用するX線分光・散乱を実験手段として、固体表面や固体中において電子の織り成す多彩な現象を、電子相関という切り口で研究しています。
When a solid surface is irradiated by ultraviolet or x-ray light under vacuum, photoelectrons are emitted from the surface. By measuring the energy and momentum of the photoelectrons, we can study occupied states of the solid (photoemission spectroscopy). On the other hand, we can study unoccupied states of the solid by detecting ultraviolet or x-ray light emitted from the surface under electron beam irradiation (inverse-photoemission spectroscopy). Our research interests primarily focus on electron correlation effect in various electronic states of solids that can be observed by means of the photoemission and inverse-photoemission spectroscopy as well as x-ray spectroscopy/scattering with synchrotron radiation.
In particular, we are interested in transition-metal compounds (d-electron systems) and rare-earth compounds (f-electron systems) that show rich physical properties such as magnetism, superconductivity, and metal-insulator transition. The rich phenomena are derived from the spin, charge, and orbital degrees of freedom of the d– or f-electrons that are coupled with lattice in a complicated manner. We can study their mechanisms on the basis of the electronic structural information from the electron and x-ray spectroscopy experiments. For example, band dispersion can be probed by angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy as shown in the Figure and can be analyzed by model calculations including electron-electron and electron-lattice interactions.
In addition to the interests in the fundamental electronic structures, useful catalysts and energy materials can be developed using d– and f-electron systems such as Mn clusters for photosynthesis and LixCoO2 cathode for Li-ion battery. By proving the complicated surface or interface electronic states with electron or x-ray spectroscopy, we aim to contribute to improvement or development of future energy materials.