QUANTUM CORRALS

被引:69
作者
CROMMIE, MF
LUTZ, CP
EIGLER, DM
HELLER, EJ
机构
[1] IBM CORP,ALMADEN RES CTR,DIV RES,SAN JOSE,CA 95120
[2] HARVARD UNIV,DEPT PHYS,CAMBRIDGE,MA 02138
[3] HARVARD UNIV,HARVARD SMITHSONIAN OBSERV,CAMBRIDGE,MA 02138
来源
PHYSICA D | 1995年 / 83卷 / 1-3期
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D O I
10.1016/0167-2789(94)00254-N
中图分类号
O29 [应用数学];
学科分类号
070104 ;
摘要
Electrons occupying surface states on the close-packed faces of the noble metals form a two-dimensional (2D) nearly-free electron gas that can be imaged with a scanning tunneling microscope (STM). We find that Fe adatoms strongly scatter metallic surface state electrons, acid so are good building blocks for constructing atomic-scale barriers to confine these electrons. The barriers (''quantum corrals'') are constructed by individually positioning Fe adatoms using the tip of a cold (4K) STM. Tunneling spectroscopy performed inside of the corrals reveals discrete resonances, consistent with size quantization. A more quantitative understanding is obtained by accounting for the multiple-scattering of the surface state electrons with the corrals' constituent adatoms. This scattering is characterized by a complex phase shift which can be extracted from the electronic density pattern inside a quantum corral.
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页码:98 / 108
页数:11
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