Electron and hole focusing in CoSi2/Si(111) observed by ballistic electron emission microscopy |
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Authors: | Meyer Migas Miglio von Kanel H |
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Affiliation: | Laboratorium fur Festkorperphysik, Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule Zurich, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland. |
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Abstract: | In ballistic electron emission microscopy (BEEM) the propagation of hot carriers in thin metal films has long been treated using a free electron model. While the model explains many experimental findings, it cannot account for the lateral resolution observed for both electrons and holes on epitaxial CoSi(2)/Si(111), where interfacial point defects of atomic size appear as small as 1.3 nm, even below a 5.6 nm thick film. We present ab initio calculations explaining this high resolution in terms of conduction (valence) band structure focusing of electrons (holes), according to a recent Green's function approach to the BEEM process. |
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