Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy of One-Dimensional Surface States on a Metal Surface

1996 ◽  
Vol 76 (22) ◽  
pp. 4179-4182 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Biedermann ◽  
O. Genser ◽  
W. Hebenstreit ◽  
M. Schmid ◽  
J. Redinger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Metal Surface ◽  
Surface States ◽  
Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy ◽  
Tunneling Spectroscopy ◽  
Scanning Tunneling ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Dimensional Surface

scholarly journals Magnetic and defect probes of the SmB6 surface state

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (11) ◽  
pp. eaau4886 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lin Jiao ◽  
Sahana Rößler ◽  
Deepa Kasinathan ◽  
Priscila F. S. Rosa ◽  
Chunyu Guo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Surface States ◽  
Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy ◽  
Tunneling Spectroscopy ◽  
Scanning Tunneling ◽  
Magnetic Impurities ◽  
Fundamental Physics ◽  
Length Scales ◽  
Kondo Insulator ◽  
Theoretical Predictions ◽  
The Impact

The impact of nonmagnetic and magnetic impurities on topological insulators is a central focus concerning their fundamental physics and possible spintronics and quantum computing applications. Combining scanning tunneling spectroscopy with transport measurements, we investigate, both locally and globally, the effect of nonmagnetic and magnetic substituents in SmB6, a predicted topological Kondo insulator. Around the so-introduced substitutents and in accord with theoretical predictions, the surface states are locally suppressed with different length scales depending on the substituent’s magnetic properties. For sufficiently high substituent concentrations, these states are globally destroyed. Similarly, using a magnetic tip in tunneling spectroscopy also resulted in largely suppressed surface states. Hence, a destruction of the surface states is always observed close to atoms with substantial magnetic moment. This points to the topological nature of the surface states in SmB6 and illustrates how magnetic impurities destroy the surface states from microscopic to macroscopic length scales.

Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy of Photoexcitations on a Nanosecond Time-Scale

1995 ◽  
Vol 380 ◽  
Author(s):  
Todd G. Ruskell ◽  
Dong Chen ◽  
Dror Sarid
Keyword(s):  
High Frequency ◽  
Beat Frequency ◽  
Surface States ◽  
Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy ◽  
Tunneling Spectroscopy ◽  
Scanning Tunneling ◽  
Tunneling Junction ◽  
Band Bending ◽  
High Frequency Response ◽  
Longitudinal Modes

ABSTRACTScanning tunneling spectroscopy of the high frequency response of photoexcited carriers in the layered structure semiconductors n–type MoS2 and p–type Wse2 is demonstrated using the beat frequency of the longitudinal modes of a HeNe laser at the tunneling junction. We analyze the optical response taking into account the effects of tip-induced band bending and surface states.

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