Light emission induced by tunneling electrons from surface nanostructures observed by novel conductive and transparent probes

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 64, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 403-414

  Fujita, Daisuke ^a   Onishi, Keiko ^a   Niori, Noriko ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

GaAs, Ag(111); Inelastic tunneling; Luminescence; Recombination; Scanning tunneling microscopy; Tip induced plasmon

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM ARSENIDE; III-V SEMICONDUCTORS; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; LIGHT EMISSION; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHOTONS; PLASMONS; PROBES; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; TEMPERATURE; TIN OXIDES;

GAAS, AG(111); INELASTIC TUNNELING; LOW-TEMPERATURE SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPES; OPTICAL FIBER PROBE; PHOTON MAPPING; RECOMBINATION; SCANNING TUNNELLING MICROSCOPES; SURFACE NANOSTRUCTURE; TIP-INDUCED; TIP-INDUCED PLASMON;

MAPPING;

GALLIUM ARSENIDE; GLASS FIBER; NANOMATERIAL; NANOPARTICLE; ZINC;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; IMAGE QUALITY; LIGHT; LUMINESCENCE; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCANNING NEAR FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 9644275395     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20099     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Abraham DL, Veider A, Schönenberger Ch, Meier HP, Arent DJ, Alvarado SF. 1990. Luminescence in scanning tunneling microscopy on III-V nanostructures. Appl Phys Lett 56:1564-1566.
2. Alvarado SF, Rieß W, Seidler PF, Strohriegl P. 1997. STM-induced luminescence study of poly(p-phenylenevinylene) by conversion under ultraclean conditions. Phys Rev B 56:1269-1278.
3. Arafune R, Sakamoto K, Meguro K, Satoh M, Arai A, Ushioda S. 2001. Multiple-fiber collection system for scanning tunneling microscope light emission spectroscopy. Jpn J Appl Phys 40:5450-5453.
4. Berndt R. 1998. In: Wiesendanger R, editor. Scanning probe microscopy and spectroscopy. New York: Springer. p 97-134.
5. Berndt R, Gimzewski JK. 1993. Photon emission in scanning tunneling microscopy: Interpretation of photon maps of metallic systems. Phys Rev B 48:4746-4754.
6. Berndt R, Gimzewski JK, Johansson P. 1993a. Electromagnetic-interactions of metallic objects in nanometer proximity. Phys Rev Lett 71:3493-3496.
7. Berndt R, Gaisch R, Schneider WD, Gimzewski JK, Reihl B, Schlittler RR, Tschudy M. 1993b. Photon-emission from adsorbed C60 molecules with subnanometer lateral resolution. Appl Phys A 57:513-516.
8. Berndt R, Gaisch R, Schneider WD, Gimzewski JK, Reihl B, Schlittler RR, Tschudy M. 1995. Atomic-resolution in photon-emission induced by a scanning tunneling microprobe. Phys Rev Lett 74:102-105.
9. Coombs JH, Gimzewski JK, Reihl B, Sass JK, Schlittler RR. 1988. Photon-emission experiments with the scanning tunneling microscope. J Microsc 152:325-336.
10. de Kort R, van der Wielen MCMM, van Roij AJA, Kets W, van Kempen H. 2001. Zn- and Cd-induced features at the GaAs(110) and InP(110) surfaces studied by low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy. Phys Rev B 63:125336-125341.
11. de Raad GJ, Bruls DM, Koenraad PM, Wolter JH. 2001. Interplay between tip-induced band bending and voltage-dependent surface corrugation on GaAs(110) surfaces. Phys Rev B 64:75314-75320.
12. Dong Z-C, Kar A, Zou Z-Q, Ohgi T, Dorozhkin P, Fujita D, Yokoyama S, Terui T, Yamada T, Kamikado T, Zhou M, Mashiko S, Okamoto T. 2002. Light emission from porphyrin molecules induced by a scanning tunneling microscope. Jpn J Appl Phys 41:4898-4902.
13. Downes A, Welland ME. 1998. Photon emission from Si(111)-(7×7) induced by scanning tunneling microscopy: atomic scale and material contrast. Phys Rev Lett 81:1857-1860.
14. Downes A, Taylor ME, Welland ME. 1998. Two-sphere model of photon emission from the scanning tunneling microscope. Phys Rev B 57:6706-6714.
15. Evoy S, Harnett CK, Craighead HG, Keller S, Mishra UK, DenBaars SP. 1999 Low-temperature scanning tunneling microscope-induced luminescence of an InGaN/GaN multiquantum well. Appl Phys Lett 74:1457-1459.
16. Friend RH, Gymer RW, Holmes AB, Burroughes JH, Marks RN, Taliani C, Bradley DDC, Dos Sandos DA, Bredas JL, Logdlund M, Salaneck WR. 1999. Electroluminescence in conjugated polymers. Nature 397:121-128.
17. Fujita D, Ohgi T, Deng W, Ishige K, Okamoto T, Yokoyama S, Kamikado T, Mashiko S. 2001. Photon emission induced by tunneling electrons from a Cu(100) surface covered with porphyrin molecules. Surf Sci 493:702-707.
18. Garcia-Parajo M, Cambril E, Chen Y. 1994. Simultaneous scanning tunneling microscope and collection mode scanning near-field optical microscope using gold coated optical fiber. Appl Phys Lett 65:1498-1500.
19. Hoffmann G, Kliewer J, Berndt R. 2001 Luminescence from metallic wells in a scanning tunneling microscope. Phys Rev Lett 87:176803-176806.
20. Hoffmann G, Kröger J, Berndt R. 2002. Color imaging with a low temperature scanning tunneling microscope. Rev Sci Instrum 73:305-309.
21. Hoshino M, Yamamoto N. 2003. STM light emission from p-type GaAs(110) surface. Mater Res Soc Symp Proc 738:149-154.
22. Iwai M, Uehara Y, Ushioda S. 2001. STM light emission from Si(111)-(7×7) surface using a silver tip. Appl Surf Sci 169-170:188-192.
23. Johansson P. 1998. Light emission from a scanning tunneling microscope: Fully retarded calculation. Phys Rev B 58:10823-10834.
24. Johansson P, Monreal R, Apell P. 1990. Theory for light-emission from a scanning tunneling microscope. Phys Rev B 42:9210-9213.
25. Lidzey DG, Alvarado SF, Seidler PF, Bleyer A, Bradley DDC. 1997. Electroluminescence from a soluble poly(p-phenylenevinylene) derivative generated using a scanning tunneling microscope. Appl Phys Lett 71:2008-2010.
26. Lidzey DG, Bradley DDC, Skolnick MS, Virgili T, Walker S, Whittaker DM. 1998. Strong exciton-photon coupling in an organic semiconductor microcavity. Nature 395:53-55.
27. Madelung O. 1996. Semiconductors: basic data. Berlin: Springer. p 101.
28. Murashita T. 1999 Optical system for tunneling-electron luminescence spectro/microscopes with conductive-transparent tips in ultrahigh vacuums. J Vac Sci Technol B 17:22-28.
29. Murashita T, Tateno K. 2001. Direct measurement of sub-10 nm-level lateral distribution in tunneling-electron luminescence intensity on a cross-sectional 50-nm-thick AlAs layer by using a conductive transparent tip. Appl Phys Lett 78:3995-3997.
30. Nazin GV, Qiu XH, Ho W. 2003. Atomic engineering of photon emission with a scanning tunneling microscope. Phys Rev Lett 90:216110-216113.
31. Nishitani R, Umeno T, Kasuya A. 1998 A study of metal films using a spectrally resolved photon map obtained by spectrum mapping measurements of STM-induced light. Appl Phys A 66:S139-S143.
32. Ohtsu M. 1998. Near-field nano/atom optics and technology. Tokyo: Springer. p 71.
33. Sasaki S, Murashita T. 1999. Crossover energy where cathodoluminescence becomes comparable to electroluminescence in p-type GaAs observed by injecting tunneling electrons. Jpn J Appl Phys 38:L4-L6.
34. Suzuki Y, Minoda H, Yamamoto N. 1999 STM light emission from Ag/Si(111). Surf Sci 438:297-304.
35. Thirstrup C, Sakurai M, Stokbro K, Aono M. 1999. Visible light emission from atomic scale patterns fabricated by the scanning tunneling microscope. Phys Rev Lett 82:1241-1244.
36. Tsuruoka T, Ohizumi Y, Ushioda S. 2003. Light intensity imaging of single InAs quantum dots using scanning tunneling microscope. Appl Phys Lett 82:3257-3259.
37. Uehara Y, Fujita T, Ushioda S. 1999. Scanning tunneling microscope light emission spectra of Au(110)-(2 × 1) with atomic spatial resolution. Phys Rev Lett 83:2445-2448.
38. Ga acceptor in GaAs studied by scanning-tunneling-microscopy. Appl Phys Lett 64:1836-1838.