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The ultrafast response of a scanning tunneling microscope
Author(s) -
Weiss S.,
Botkin D.,
Ogletree D. F.,
Salmeron M.,
Chemla D. S.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
physica status solidi (b)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1521-3951
pISSN - 0370-1972
DOI - 10.1002/pssb.2221880132
Subject(s) - scanning tunneling microscope , ultrashort pulse , microscope , quantum tunnelling , electrochemical scanning tunneling microscope , scanning tunneling spectroscopy , scanning probe microscopy , materials science , spin polarized scanning tunneling microscopy , optoelectronics , pulse (music) , excitation , scanning hall probe microscope , scanning electron microscope , nanotechnology , optics , physics , conventional transmission electron microscope , laser , scanning transmission electron microscopy , quantum mechanics , detector
The development of the ultrafast scanning tunneling microscope is reviewed. It is shown that the response of the tunneling gap of a scanning tunneling microscope to excitation by a subpicosecond electrical pulse has a capacitive component, the origin of which is quantum mechanical.

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