[摘要]：This study reports on the linear dichroism in angular-resolved photoemission from the valence band of the Heusler compounds NiTi(0.9)Sc(0.1)Sn and NiMnSb. High-resolution photoelectron spectroscopy was performed with an excitation energy of h nu = 7.938 keV. The linear polarization of the photons was changed using an in-vacuum diamond phase retarder. The valence band spectra exhibit the typical structure expected from first-principles calculations of the electronic structure of these compounds. Noticeable linear dichroism is found in the valence band of both materials, and this allows for a symmetry analysis of the contributing states. The differences in the spectra are found to be caused by symmetry-dependent angular asymmetry parameters, and these occur even in polycrystalline samples without preferential crystallographic orientation.
