Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2011-07-20
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
10 pages, 6 figures
Scientific paper
One-dimensional (1D) stripe structures with a periodicity of 1.3 nm are formed by introduction of stacking fault arrays into a Ag thin film. The surface states of such striped Ag thin films are studied using a low temperature scanning tunneling microscope. Standing waves running in the longitudinal direction and characteristic spectral peaks are observed by differential conductance (dI/dV) measurements, revealing the presence of 1D states on the surface stripes. Their formation can be attributed to quantum confinement of Ag(111) surface states into a stripe by stacking faults. To quantify the degree of confinement, the effective potential barrier at the stacking fault for Ag(111) surface states is estimated from independent measurements. A single quantum well model with the effective potential barrier can reproduce the main features of dI/dV spectra on stripes, while a Kronig-Penney model fails to do so. Thus the present system should be viewed as decoupled 1D states on individual stripes rather than as anisotropic 2D Bloch states extending over a stripe array.
Kobayashi Katsuyoshi
Mishra Puneet
Nakayama Tomonobu
Uchihashi Takashi
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