Initiating and imaging the coherent surface dynamics of charge carriers in real space

The charge injected from the tip of a scanning tunnelling microscope quickly spreads across the surface and can manipulate distant adsorbates. Here, the authors use this nonlocal manipulation to probe the ultrafast ballistic dynamics and coherent evolution of the injected charge carrier.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: K. R. Rusimova, N. Bannister, P. Harrison, D. Lock, S. Crampin, R. E. Palmer, P. A. Sloan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12839
Description
Summary:The charge injected from the tip of a scanning tunnelling microscope quickly spreads across the surface and can manipulate distant adsorbates. Here, the authors use this nonlocal manipulation to probe the ultrafast ballistic dynamics and coherent evolution of the injected charge carrier.
ISSN:2041-1723