Abstract
The optical properties of ordered cubic FeCo were investigated by spectroscopic ellipsometry in the 1.5–5.5 eV photon energy region at room temperature. A strong absorption structure exists around 2 eV in the optical conductivity spectrum of the compound, which is located close to that of pure bcc Fe. The spin-polarized band structure of FeCo calculated by the linear-muffin-tin orbitals method shows that the d-states from Co sites disperse in the same energy region as those from Fe sites. The calculated real part of the optical conductivity of FeCo from its band structure exhibits a strong absorption structure around 2 eV in good agreement with the experimental spectrum. Such agreement indicates a dispersive character of the d-bands of FeCo comparable to those of pure Fe.
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