Size quantization of surface-state electrons on the Si(001) surface

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作者
Yokoyama, T
Takayanagi, K
机构
[1] Japan Sci & Technol Corp, Takayanagi Particle Surface Project, ERATO, Tokyo 1968558, Japan
[2] Tokyo Inst Technol, Dept Mat Sci & Engn, Midori Ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 2268502, Japan
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1999年 / 59卷 / 19期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.59.12232
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
摘要
One-dimensional (1D) quantum wells are coated on a Si(001)-c(4x2) surface. A pair of straight Al ad-dimer chains works as potential walls for the confinement of surface-state electrons on the Si(001) surface. The quantum properties of the 1D quantum wells are directly probed by low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy. They are well described by size quantization of electrons in the unoccupied pi* surface states of the Si(001)-c(4x2) surface, based on the "1D particle-in-a-box" model. [S0163-1829(99)11719-3].
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页码:12232 / 12235
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