TY - JOUR
T1 - Spatial resolution of imaging contaminations on the GaAs surface by scanning tunneling microscope-cathodoluminescence spectroscopy
AU - Watanabe, Kentaro
AU - Nakamura, Yoshiaki
AU - Ichikawa, Masakazu
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2008/9/30
Y1 - 2008/9/30
N2 - We obtained the luminescence image of the GaAs (1 1 0) surface by scanning tunneling microscope-cathodoluminescence (STM-CL) spectroscopy, where low-energy (∼100 eV) electrons field emitted from the STM tip were used as a bright excitation source. The STM-CL image with high photon signal (1.25 × 10 4 cps) showed the dark image corresponding to the surface contamination in the STM image working as the nonradiative recombination centers of carriers. This dark image demonstrated the spatial resolution of about 100 nm in STM-CL spectroscopy of the GaAs (1 1 0) surface, which was determined by the field-emitted electron beam diameter.
AB - We obtained the luminescence image of the GaAs (1 1 0) surface by scanning tunneling microscope-cathodoluminescence (STM-CL) spectroscopy, where low-energy (∼100 eV) electrons field emitted from the STM tip were used as a bright excitation source. The STM-CL image with high photon signal (1.25 × 10 4 cps) showed the dark image corresponding to the surface contamination in the STM image working as the nonradiative recombination centers of carriers. This dark image demonstrated the spatial resolution of about 100 nm in STM-CL spectroscopy of the GaAs (1 1 0) surface, which was determined by the field-emitted electron beam diameter.
KW - Cathodoluminescence
KW - Field emission
KW - GaAs
KW - Scanning tunneling microscopy
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U2 - 10.1016/j.apsusc.2008.02.013
DO - 10.1016/j.apsusc.2008.02.013
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:51249108890
VL - 254
SP - 7737
EP - 7741
JO - Applied Surface Science
JF - Applied Surface Science
SN - 0169-4332
IS - 23
ER -