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@ARTICLE{Brandstetter:894071,
author = {Brandstetter, Dominik and Yang, Xiaosheng and Lüftner,
Daniel and Tautz, F. Stefan and Puschnig, Peter},
title = {k{M}ap.py: {A} {P}ython program for simulation and data
analysis in photoemission tomography},
journal = {Computer physics communications},
volume = {263},
issn = {0010-4655},
address = {Amsterdam},
publisher = {North Holland Publ. Co.},
reportid = {FZJ-2021-03021},
pages = {107905 -},
year = {2021},
abstract = {Ultra-violet photoemission spectroscopy is a widely-used
experimental technique to investigate the valence electronic
structure of surfaces and interfaces. When detecting the
intensity of the emitted electrons not only as a function of
their kinetic energy, but also depending on their emission
angle, as is done in angle-resolved photoemission
spectroscopy (ARPES), extremely rich information about the
electronic structure of the investigated sample can be
extracted. For organic molecules adsorbed as well-oriented
ultra-thin films on metallic surfaces, ARPES has evolved
into a technique called photoemission tomography (PT). By
approximating the final state of the photoemitted electron
as a free electron, PT uses the angular dependence of the
photocurrent, a so-called momentum map or-map, and
interprets it as the Fourier transform of the initial
state’s molecular orbital, thereby gaining insights into
the geometric and electronic structure of organic/metal
interfaces.In this contribution, we present kMap.py which is
a Python program that enables the user, via a PyQt-based
graphical user interface, to simulate photoemission momentum
maps of molecular orbitals and to perform a one-to-one
comparison between simulation and experiment. Based on the
plane wave approximation for the final state, simulated
momentum maps are computed numerically from a fast Fourier
transform (FFT) of real space molecular orbital
distributions, which are used as program input and taken
from density functional calculations. The program allows the
user to vary a number of simulation parameters, such as the
final state kinetic energy, the molecular orientation or the
polarization state of the incident light field. Moreover,
also experimental photoemission data can be loaded into the
program, enabling a direct visual comparison as well as an
automatic optimization procedure to determine structural
parameters of the molecules or weights of molecular orbitals
contributions. With an increasing number of experimental
groups employing photoemission tomography to study molecular
adsorbate layers, we expect kMap.py to serve as a helpful
analysis software to further extend the applicability of
PT.Program summaryProgram Title: kMap.pyCPC Library link to
program files:
https://doi.org/10.17632/tnrm9jcccc.1Developer’s
respository link: https://github.com/brands-d/kMap/Code
Ocean capsule:
https://codeocean.com/capsule/5788845Licensing provisions:
GPLv3Programming language: Python 3.xNature of problem:
Photoemission tomography (PT) has evolved as a powerful
experimental method to investigate the electronic and
geometric structure of organic molecular films [1]. It is
based on valence band angle-resolved photoemission
spectroscopy and seeks an interpretation of the angular
dependence of the photocurrent, a so-called momentum map,
from a given initial state in terms of the spatial structure
of molecular orbitals. For this purpose, PT heavily relies
on a simulation platform which is capable of efficiently
predicting momentum maps for a variety of organic molecules,
which allows for a convenient way of treating the effect of
molecular orientations, and which also accounts for other
experimental parameters such as the geometrical setup and
nature of the incident photon source. Thereby, PT has been
used to determine molecular geometries, gain insight into
the nature of the surface chemistry, unambiguously determine
the orbital energy ordering in molecular homo- and
heterostructures and even reconstruct the orbitals of
adsorbed molecules [1–4].Solution method: kMap.py is a
Python program that enables the user, via a PyQt-based
graphical user interface, to simulate photoemission momentum
maps of molecular orbitals and to perform a one-to-one
comparison between simulation and experiment. Based on the
plane wave approximation for the final state, simulated
momentum maps are computed numerically from a fast Fourier
transform (FFT) of real space molecular orbital
distributions [2] which are used as program input and which
are usually obtained from density functional calculations.
The user can vary a number of simulation parameters such as
the final state kinetic energy, the molecular orientation or
the polarization state of the incident light field.
Moreover, also experimental photoemission data can be loaded
into the program, enabling a direct visual comparison as
well as an automatic optimization procedure to minimize the
difference between simulated and measured momentum maps.
Thereby, structural parameters of the molecules [2] and the
weights of molecular orbitals to experimentally observed
emission features can be determined [3].},
cin = {PGI-3},
ddc = {530},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)PGI-3-20110106},
pnm = {5213 - Quantum Nanoscience (POF4-521)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-5213},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000642455800003},
doi = {10.1016/j.cpc.2021.107905},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/894071},
}