2-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL-SIMULATION OF THE PHOTON SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPE - CONCEPT OF TRANSFER-FUNCTION

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作者
CARMINATI, R
GREFFET, JJ
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[1] Laboratoire d'Energétique Macroscopique et Moléculaire, Combustion, Ecole Centrale Paris, 92295 Châtenay-Malabry cedex, Grande Voie des Vignes
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10.1016/0030-4018(95)91252-W
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
A numerical simulation is used to calculate the signal detected by a photon scanning tunneling microscope when scanning a surface. We show that the signal provides an image very different from the actual surface profile. However, it is possible to define a transfer function relating the signal and the near-field intensity which exists without the presence of the detecting probe tip. Such a transfer function cannot be defined between the signal and the surface.
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