An interpretation of the correlation between the intensity of Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM) induced light emission and the topographic height for the metal particles

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 2: Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 11 SUPPL. B, 1997, Pages

  Nishitani, Ryusuke ^a   Umeno, Tsuyoshi ^a   Kasuya, Atsuo ^b  

^a KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gold particles; Photon map; STM; STM induced dipole; Tunneling induced light emission

Indexed keywords

GOLD; LIGHT EMISSION; OPTICAL CORRELATION; PHOTONS; POWDER METALS;

LIGHT INTENSITY; PHOTON INTENSITY MAP; TOPOGRAPHIC HEIGHT DEPENDENCE;

SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

EID: 5944228887     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/jjap.36.l1545     Document Type: Article

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