https://doi.org/10.1051/epjap:1998175
Control of the photon emission in a S.T.M. in air on oil-covered gold surfaces
Centre d'Élaboration des Matériaux et d'Études Structurales,
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31055 Toulouse Cedex, France
Received:
3
September
1997
Revised:
17
December
1997
Accepted:
13
February
1998
Published online: 15 May 1998
Light emission in the Au/Au junction of a scanning tunneling microscope has been detected in air and the property of the control of emission yield has also been evidenced. Experimental results presented in this paper clearly show that this property can still be observed on mineral oil-covered gold surfaces.
PACS: 61.16.Ch – Scanning probe microscopy: scanning tunneling, atomic force, scanning optical, magnetic force, etc. / 78.66.-w – Optical properties of specific thin films, surfaces and low-dimensional structures: superlattices, quantum well structures, multilayers and microparticles
© EDP Sciences, 1998
