Quantum Coherent Multielectron Processes in an Atomic Scale Contact
arXiv:1809.02793 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.066803
Abstract
The light emission from a scanning tunneling microscope operated on a Ag(111) surface at 6 K is analyzed from low conductances to values approaching the conductance quantum. Optical spectra recorded at a sample voltages V reveal emission with photon energies hv> 2eV. A model of electrons interacting coherently via a localized plasmon-polariton mode reproduces the experimental data, in particular the kinks in the spectra at eV and 2eV as well as the scaling of the intensity at low and intermediate conductances.
arXiv comment5 pages, 4 figures
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