THEORETICAL SIMULATION OF SCANNING-TUNNELING-MICROSCOPY IMAGES OF THE GAAS(001) BETA(2X4) AND BETA(4X2) SURFACES

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作者
BASS, JM
MATTHAI, CC
机构
[1] Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Wales, College of Cardiff, Cardiff CF2 3YB
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1994年 / 50卷 / 15期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.50.11212
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T [工业技术];
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摘要
Using the first-principle ab initio pseudopotential method and the Bardeen transfer Hamiltonian approximation, we have calculated scanning-tunneling-microscopy images of the fully relaxed GaAs(001) beta(2x4) and beta(4x2) surfaces. Our calculation included a four-atom Al cluster to represent the tip. We present the results that we obtained for these two different surfaces at different tip-surface bias voltages and discuss the relationship between the simulated scanning-tunneling-microscopy images and the surface charge density within the given energy range with respect to the Fermi level.
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页码:11212 / 11215
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