Diffractive wave guiding of hot electrons by the Au (111) herringbone reconstruction
arXiv:1407.5408 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.90.035442
Abstract
The surface potential of the herringbone reconstruction on Au(111) is known to guide surface-state electrons along the potential channels. Surprisingly, we find by scanning tunneling spectroscopy that hot electrons with kinetic energies twenty times larger than the potential amplitude (38 meV) are still guided. The efficiency even increases with kinetic energy, which is reproduced by a tight binding calculation taking the known reconstruction potential and strain into account. The guiding is explained by diffraction at the inhomogeneous electrostatic potential and strain distribution provided by the reconstruction.
arXiv comment10 pages, 9 figures
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