Light emission from Na/Cu(111) induced by a scanning tunneling microscope

dc.creatorJohansson, Peter
dc.creatorHoffmann, Germar
dc.creatorBerndt, Richard
dc.date2002-08-06
dc.date2003-01-07
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-25T22:18:30Z
dc.descriptionMeasurements of light emission from a scanning tunneling microscope probing a Na overlayer on the (111) surface of Cu are reported along with results of a model calculation that essentially agree with the experimental ones. The observed light emission spectra show two characteristic features depending on the bias voltage. When the bias voltage is smaller than the energy of the second quantum well state formed outside the Na overlayer the light emission is due to a plasmon-mediated process, while for larger biases light emission is mainly caused by quantum well transitions between the two levels.
dc.descriptionCorrected typos etc; 10 pages, 4 figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0208110
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0208110
dc.identifierPhys. Rev. B 66, 245415 (2002)
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevB.66.245415
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.dare.co.zw/handle/123456789/87786
dc.subjectMesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
dc.subjectMaterials Science
dc.titleLight emission from Na/Cu(111) induced by a scanning tunneling microscope
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