Lifetimes of image-potential states on copper surfaces

Abstract

The lifetime of image states, which represent a key quantity to probe the coupling of surface electronic states with the solid substrate, have been recently determined for quantum numbers $n\le 6$ on Cu(100) by using time-resolved two-photon photoemission in combination with the coherent excitation of several states (U. Höfer et al, Science 277, 1480 (1997)). We here report theoretical investigations of the lifetime of image states on copper surfaces. We evaluate the lifetimes from the knowledge of the self-energy of the excited quasiparticle, which we compute within the GW approximation of many-body theory. Single-particle wave functions are obtained by solving the Schrödinger equation with a realistic one-dimensional model potential, and the screened interaction is evaluated in the random-phase approximation (RPA). Our results are in good agreement with the experimentally determined decay times.

arXiv comment4 pages, 1 figure, to appear in Phys. Rev. Lett

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