Electroluminescence From Plasmonic Excitations in a Scanning Tunnelling Microscope

By Kevin Edelmann

Book Overview

This work presents the design and commissioning of a new low-temperature Scanning Tunnelling Microscope equipped with an innovative light collection setup using an integrated, micro-fabricated mirror tip. Commissioning experiments demonstrate the capabilities of this new instrument and reproduce known effects regarding gap plasmons on noble-metal surfaces. Furthermore, different contrasts in the plasmon-mediated light emission from Cobalt nano-islands on a Copper (111) substrate are reported.

This work was published by Saint Philip Street Press pursuant to a Creative Commons license permitting commercial use. All rights not granted by the work's license are retained by the author or authors.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1013279646
• ISBN13: 9781013279645
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Saint Philip Street Press
• Length: 154 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.5" x 11.0"