Variable-temperature lightwave-driven scanning tunneling microscope with a compact, turn-key terahertz source
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| author | Azazoglu, Hüseyin Kapitza, Philip Mittendorff, Martin Möller, Rolf Gruber, Manuel |
| author_facet | Azazoglu, Hüseyin Kapitza, Philip Mittendorff, Martin Möller, Rolf Gruber, Manuel |
| contents | We report on a lightwave-driven scanning tunneling microscope based on a home-built microscope and a compact, commercial, and cost-effective terahertz-generation unit with a repetition rate of 100 MHz. The measurements are performed in ultrahigh vacuum at temperatures between 10 K and 300 K. The cross-correlation of the pump and probe pulses indicate a temporal resolution on the order of a picosecond. In terms of spatial resolution, CO molecules, step edges and atomically resolved terraces are readily observed in terahertz images, with sometimes better contrast than in the topographic and (DC) current channels. The utilization of a compact, turn-key terahertz-generation system requires only limited experience with optics and terahertz generation, which may facilitate the deployment of the technique to further research groups. |
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| spellingShingle | Variable-temperature lightwave-driven scanning tunneling microscope with a compact, turn-key terahertz source Azazoglu, Hüseyin Kapitza, Philip Mittendorff, Martin Möller, Rolf Gruber, Manuel Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Instrumentation and Detectors Optics We report on a lightwave-driven scanning tunneling microscope based on a home-built microscope and a compact, commercial, and cost-effective terahertz-generation unit with a repetition rate of 100 MHz. The measurements are performed in ultrahigh vacuum at temperatures between 10 K and 300 K. The cross-correlation of the pump and probe pulses indicate a temporal resolution on the order of a picosecond. In terms of spatial resolution, CO molecules, step edges and atomically resolved terraces are readily observed in terahertz images, with sometimes better contrast than in the topographic and (DC) current channels. The utilization of a compact, turn-key terahertz-generation system requires only limited experience with optics and terahertz generation, which may facilitate the deployment of the technique to further research groups. |
| title | Variable-temperature lightwave-driven scanning tunneling microscope with a compact, turn-key terahertz source |
| topic | Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Instrumentation and Detectors Optics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.13456 |