PROBING OF SURFACE ACOUSTIC-WAVE FIELDS BY A NOVEL SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY TECHNIQUE - EFFECTS OF TOPOGRAPHY

被引:35
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CHILLA, E [1 ]
ROHRBECK, W [1 ]
FROHLICH, HJ [1 ]
KOCH, R [1 ]
RIEDER, KH [1 ]
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[1] FREE UNIV BERLIN,INST EXPTL PHYS,W-1000 BERLIN 33,GERMANY
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10.1063/1.108478
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O59 [应用物理学];
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A new method for the investigation of SAW (surface acoustic wave) fields is presented using a modified version of a scanning tunneling microscope. By adding a high frequency sinusoidal signal to the dc tip voltage the tunneling current contains a component at the difference of the frequencies of this signal and the SAW. There is a remarkable variation of phase for areas much smaller than the SAW wavelength, due to different contributions of the normal and horizontal components of the SAW.
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页码:3107 / 3109
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