Imaging of electron potential landscapes on Au(111).

Bürgi L; Brune H; Kern K

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.176801

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Imaging of electron potential landscapes on Au(111).

Bürgi L Institut de Physique des Nanostructures, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
Brune H
Kern K

2002-10-26

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Physical review letters. - 2002

English The Hohenberg-Kohn theorem states that the ground state electron density completely determines the external potential acting on an electron system. Inspired by this fundamental theorem, we developed a novel approach to map directly the electron potential in surface systems: linear response theory applied to the total electron density as measured with scanning tunneling microscopy determines the external potential. Potential imaging is demonstrated for the s-p derived surface state on Au(111), where the "herringbone" reconstruction induces a periodic potential modulation, the details of which are revealed by our technique.

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DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.176801
PMID 12398693

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