Lock, D.,
Rusimova, K.,
Pan, T.,
Palmer, R.,
Sloan, P.,
2015.
Atomically resolved real-space imaging of hot electron dynamics.
University of Bath.
https://doi.org/10.15125/BATH-00126.
Dataset abstract
The dynamics of hot electrons are central to understanding the properties of many electronic devices. But their ultra-short lifetime, typically 100 fs or less, and hence their corresponding transport length-scale of a few nanometers severely constrains real space investigations. Here we report variable temperature and voltage measurements of the nonlocal manipulation of adsorbed molecules on the Si(111)-7x7 surface in the scanning tunnelling microscope. The range of the nonlocal effect increases with temperature and, at constant temperature, is invariant over a wide range of electron energies. The measurements probe, in real space, the underlying hot electron dynamics on the 10 nm scale and are well described by a two-dimensional diffusive model with a single decay channel, consistent with 2PPE measurements of the real time dynamics.
| Title: | Atomically resolved real-space imaging of hot electron dynamics |
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| Subjects: | Chemical reaction dynamics and mechanisms > Physical Organic Chemistry Superconductivity, magnetism and quantum fluids > Condensed Matter Physics |
| Departments: | Faculty of Science > Physics |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.15125/BATH-00126 |
| URI: | https://researchdata.bath.ac.uk/id/eprint/126 |
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