- Xu, Jia;
- Lou, Feng;
- Jia, Mengwen;
- Chen, Gong;
- Zhou, Chao;
- Li, Qian;
- Liu, Kai;
- Schmid, Andreas K;
- Xiang, Hongjun;
- Wu, Yizheng
The electron reflectivity from NiO thin films grown on Ag(001) has been systematically studied as a function of film thickness and electron energy. A strong electron quantum interference effect was observed from the NiO film, which is used to derive the unoccupied band dispersion above the Fermi surface along the Γ-X direction using the phase accumulation model. The experimental bands agree well with first-principles calculations. A weaker electron quantum interference effect was also observed from the CoO film.