Imaging subsurface reflection phase with quantized electrons

Altfeder, I. B. ; Narayanamurti, V. ; Chen, D. M. (2002) Imaging subsurface reflection phase with quantized electrons Physical Review Letters, 88 (20). 206801_1-206801_4. ISSN 0031-9007

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Related URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.206801

Abstract

Lead quantum wells (QW) epitaxially grown on annealed Pb/Si(111) interface form a model system for the study of interactions between quantized electrons and adiabatically modulated boundaries. Tunnel spectra of this system reveal a previously unknown adiabatic shift of QW resonances due to lateral variations of the electronic reflection phase at the buried interface. With this effect, lateral distribution of the subsurface reflection phase can be probed, using scanning tunneling microscopy.

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