Confinement effect on scattering states in a thin lead film: Field-induced resonance states in the high-bias regime of scanning tunneling microscopy
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2007

Field-induced resonance states in the high-bias regime of scanning tunneling microscopy are used to couple and probe the scattering states above the vacuum level in a thin lead film. The resonance energies show a bilayer oscillation as a function of film thickness. Theoretical modeling unveils that the oscillation results from the confinement of the highly excited scattering states by the quantum well, yielding a bilayer phase modulation at the boundaries where they are coherently coupled to the external states.

quantum wells

lead

scanning tunnelling microscopy

metallic thin films

Författare

Hui Liu

Jun Yan

hongwu zhao

Shiwu Gao

Göteborgs universitet

dongmin chen

Physical Review B

Vol. 76 11 113403-

Ämneskategorier

Övrig annan teknik

Den kondenserade materiens fysik

DOI

10.1103/PhysRevB.76.113403

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2017-10-10