| Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 67, Number 4, August 2004
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 627 - 633 | |
| Section | Condensed matter: electronic structure, electrical, magnetic, and optical properties | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2004-10087-7 | |
| Published online | 01 August 2004 | |
Monatomic steps on reconstructed 
:
A long-period diffraction grating for surface electron waves
IV. Physikalisches Institut der Universität Göttingen Tammannstr. 1, D-37073 Göttingen, Germany
Corresponding author: wendero@physik4.gwdg.de
Received:
14
January
2004
Accepted:
4
June
2004
The interference pattern of surface state electrons which are
scattered from monatomic steps on the surface is
studied with Scanning Thermovoltage Microscopy at 80 kelvin. The
step contours are periodically modulated by the underlying
herringbone 
surface reconstruction and act like
a long-period diffraction grating. This leads to a characteristic
rhomb-shaped interference pattern in front of the step (Talbot
effect). A simulation of electron scattering from such steps
shows good agreement with our experiments and allows the
interpretation of earlier data in a new and consistent way. We
rule out the confinement of surface states due to the
reconstruction potential is responsible for the observed wave
pattern.
PACS: 73.20.At – Surface states, band structure, electron density of states / 72.10.Fk – Scattering by point defects, dislocations, surfaces, and other imperfections (including Kondo effect) / 68.37.Ef – Scanning tunneling microscopy (including chemistry induced with STM)
© EDP Sciences, 2004
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