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Doderer M, Keller K, Winiger J, Baumann M, Messner A, Moor D, Chelladurai D, Fedoryshyn Y, Leuthold J, Strait J, Agrawal A, Lezec HJ, Haffner C. Broadband Tunable Infrared Light Emission from Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Tunnel Junctions in Silicon Photonics. NANO LETTERS 2024; 24:859-865. [PMID: 38051536 PMCID: PMC10811661 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c03684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2023] [Revised: 11/27/2023] [Accepted: 11/27/2023] [Indexed: 12/07/2023]
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Broadband near-infrared light emitting tunnel junctions are demonstrated with efficient coupling to a silicon photonic waveguide. The metal oxide semiconductor devices show long hybrid photonic-plasmonic mode propagation lengths of approximately 10 μm and thus can be integrated into an overcoupled resonant cavity with quality factor Q ≈ 49, allowing for tens of picowatt near-infrared light emission coupled directly into a waveguide. The electron inelastic tunneling transition rate and the cavity mode density are modeled, and the transverse magnetic (TM) hybrid mode excitation rate is derived. The results coincide well with polarization resolved experiments. Additionally, current-stressed devices are shown to emit unpolarized light due to radiative recombination inside the silicon electrode.
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- Michael Doderer
- Institute
of Electromagnetic Fields (IEF), ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute
of Electromagnetic Fields (IEF), ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute
of Electromagnetic Fields (IEF), ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute
of Electromagnetic Fields (IEF), ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute
of Electromagnetic Fields (IEF), ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute
of Electromagnetic Fields (IEF), ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute
of Electromagnetic Fields (IEF), ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute
of Electromagnetic Fields (IEF), ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute
of Electromagnetic Fields (IEF), ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Physical
Measurement Laboratory, National Institute
of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, United States
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- Physical
Measurement Laboratory, National Institute
of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, United States
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- Physical
Measurement Laboratory, National Institute
of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, United States
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- Interuniversity
Microelectronics Centre (imec), Remisebosweg 1, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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Lebedev DV, Shkoldin VA, Mozharov AM, Larin AO, Permyakov DV, Samusev AK, Petukhov AE, Golubok AO, Arkhipov AV, Mukhin IS. Nanoscale Electrically Driven Light Source Based on Hybrid Semiconductor/Metal Nanoantenna. J Phys Chem Lett 2022; 13:4612-4620. [PMID: 35588008 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c00986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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A micro- or nanosized electrically controlled source of optical radiation is one of the key elements in optoelectronic systems. The phenomenon of light emission via inelastic tunneling (LEIT) of electrons through potential barriers or junctions opens up new possibilities for development of such sources. In this work, we present a simple approach for fabrication of nanoscale electrically driven light sources based on LEIT. We employ STM lithography to locally modify the surface of a Si/Au film stack via heating, which is enabled by a high-density tunnel current. Using the proposed technique, hybrid Si/Au nanoantennas with a minimum diameter of 60 nm were formed. Studying both electronic and optical properties of the obtained nanoantennas, we confirm that the resulting structures can efficiently emit photons in the visible range because of inelastic scattering of electrons. The proposed approach allows for fabrication of nanosized hybrid nanoantennas and studying their properties using STM.
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- Denis V Lebedev
- St. Petersburg Academic University, 8/3 Khlopina str., St. Petersburg 194021, Russia
- Saint Petersburg State University, 7/9 Universitetskaya nab., St. Petersburg 199034, Russia
- Institute for Analytical Instrumentation RAS, 26 Rizhskii pr., St. Petersburg 190103, Russia
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- St. Petersburg Academic University, 8/3 Khlopina str., St. Petersburg 194021, Russia
- ITMO University, 9 Kronverksky pr., St. Petersburg 197101, Russia
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- Saint Petersburg State University, 7/9 Universitetskaya nab., St. Petersburg 199034, Russia
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- ITMO University, 9 Kronverksky pr., St. Petersburg 197101, Russia
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- ITMO University, 9 Kronverksky pr., St. Petersburg 197101, Russia
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- Saint Petersburg State University, 7/9 Universitetskaya nab., St. Petersburg 199034, Russia
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- Institute for Analytical Instrumentation RAS, 26 Rizhskii pr., St. Petersburg 190103, Russia
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- Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Polytechnicheskaya, 29, St. Petersburg 195251, Russia
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- St. Petersburg Academic University, 8/3 Khlopina str., St. Petersburg 194021, Russia
- Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Polytechnicheskaya, 29, St. Petersburg 195251, Russia
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Liu Y, Bian Y, Zhang Y, Hang C, Zhang X, Lou S, Jin Q. Fluorescence of CoTPP Mediated by the Plasmon-Exciton Coupling Effect in the Tunneling Junction. J Phys Chem Lett 2021; 12:5349-5356. [PMID: 34076440 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c01123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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CoTPP, as a common hypsoporphyrin, is usually not a luminescent molecule because of the open-shell Co ion. In this paper, well-defined multilayer CoTPP molecules self-assembled on Au(111) surface are characterized layer by layer with scanning tunneling microscope (STM) induced luminescence. By using the highly localized STM tunneling current, we not only investigate the influence of bias polarity on the amplitude of distinct plasmonic emission resulted from the interaction between the metal substrate and the metal ions but also first obtain the light emission from the hypsoporphyrins in the tunneling junction. The density-matrix method and the combined approach of classical electrodynamics and first-principles calculation are used to explain the mechanism of the light emission. These findings may expand the underlying physics of plasmon-exciton coupling in STM nanocavity and reveal a new possible path to overcome the fluorescent potential of hypsoporphyrins by the intense localized electric fields.
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- Yiting Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, P. R. China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030006, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, P. R. China
- Department of Optical Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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Xu J, Zhu X, Tan S, Zhang Y, Li B, Tian Y, Shan H, Cui X, Zhao A, Dong Z, Yang J, Luo Y, Wang B, Hou JG. Determining structural and chemical heterogeneities of surface species at the single-bond limit. Science 2021; 371:818-822. [DOI: 10.1126/science.abd1827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2020] [Revised: 12/07/2020] [Accepted: 01/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Jiayu Xu
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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Schuler B, Cochrane KA, Kastl C, Barnard ES, Wong E, Borys NJ, Schwartzberg AM, Ogletree DF, de Abajo FJG, Weber-Bargioni A. Electrically driven photon emission from individual atomic defects in monolayer WS 2. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2020; 6:eabb5988. [PMID: 32938664 PMCID: PMC7494346 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abb5988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2020] [Accepted: 07/31/2020] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Quantum dot-like single-photon sources in transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) exhibit appealing quantum optical properties but lack a well-defined atomic structure and are subject to large spectral variability. Here, we demonstrate electrically stimulated photon emission from individual atomic defects in monolayer WS2 and directly correlate the emission with the local atomic and electronic structure. Radiative transitions are locally excited by sequential inelastic electron tunneling from a metallic tip into selected discrete defect states in the WS2 bandgap. Coupling to the optical far field is mediated by tip plasmons, which transduce the excess energy into a single photon. The applied tip-sample voltage determines the transition energy. Atomically resolved emission maps of individual point defects closely resemble electronic defect orbitals, the final states of the optical transitions. Inelastic charge carrier injection into localized defect states of two-dimensional materials provides a powerful platform for electrically driven, broadly tunable, atomic-scale single-photon sources.
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- Bruno Schuler
- Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, CA 94720, USA.
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- Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, CA 94720, USA
- Walter-Schottky-Institut and Physik-Department, Technical University of Munich, Garching 85748, Germany
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- Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, CA 94720, USA
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- Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, CA 94720, USA
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- Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, CA 94720, USA
- Department of Physics, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA
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- Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, CA 94720, USA
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- ICFO-Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, 08860 Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain.
- ICREA-Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats, 08010 Barcelona, Spain
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Li FB, Li M, Xu X, Yang ZC, Xu H, Jia CK, Li K, He J, Li B, Wang H. Understanding colossal barocaloric effects in plastic crystals. Nat Commun 2020; 11:4190. [PMID: 32826887 PMCID: PMC7442785 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-18043-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2020] [Accepted: 07/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Plastic crystal neopentylglycol (NPG) exhibits colossal barocaloric effects (BCEs) with record-high entropy changes, offering exciting prospects for the field of solid-state cooling through the application of moderate pressures. Here, we show that the intermolecular hydrogen bond plays a key role in the orientational order of NPG molecules, while its broken due to thermal perturbation prominently weakens the activation barrier of orientational disorder. The analysis of hydrogen bond strength, rotational entropy free energy and entropy changes provides insightful understanding of BCEs in order-disorder transition. External pressure reduce the hydsrogen bond length and enhance the activation barrier of orientational disorder, which serves as a route of varying intermolecular interaction to tune the order-disorder transition. Our work provides atomic-scale insights on the orientational order-disorder transition of NPG as the prototypical plastic crystal with BCEs, which is helpful to achieve superior caloric materials by molecular designing in the near future.
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- F B Li
- School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan Key Laboratory of Super Microstructure and Ultrafast Process, State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China
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- School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan Key Laboratory of Super Microstructure and Ultrafast Process, State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China
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- School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan Key Laboratory of Super Microstructure and Ultrafast Process, State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China
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- School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan Key Laboratory of Super Microstructure and Ultrafast Process, State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Changsha University of Science & Technology, Changsha, 410114, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Changsha University of Science & Technology, Changsha, 410114, China
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- Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research, Beijing, 10000, China
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- School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan Key Laboratory of Super Microstructure and Ultrafast Process, State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China
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- Shenyang National Laboratory (SYNL) for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, Liaoning, 110016, China
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- School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan Key Laboratory of Super Microstructure and Ultrafast Process, State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China.
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Parzefall M, Novotny L. Optical antennas driven by quantum tunneling: a key issues review. REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS. PHYSICAL SOCIETY (GREAT BRITAIN) 2019; 82:112401. [PMID: 31491785 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6633/ab4239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Analogous to radio- and microwave antennas, optical nanoantennas are devices that receive and emit radiation at optical frequencies. Until recently, the realization of electrically driven optical antennas was an outstanding challenge in nanophotonics. In this review we discuss and analyze recent reports in which quantum tunneling-specifically inelastic electron tunneling-is harnessed as a means to convert electrical energy into photons, mediated by optical antennas. To aid this analysis we introduce the fundamentals of optical antennas and inelastic electron tunneling. Our discussion is focused on recent progress in the field and on future directions and opportunities.
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Kaiser K, Gross L, Schulz F. A Single-Molecule Chemical Reaction Studied by High-Resolution Atomic Force Microscopy and Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Induced Light Emission. ACS NANO 2019; 13:6947-6954. [PMID: 31184117 PMCID: PMC6595658 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b01852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Atomic force microscopy (AFM) as well as scanning tunneling microscopy induced light emission (STM-LE) are, each on their own, powerful tools used to investigate a large variety of properties of single molecules adsorbed on a surface. However, accessing both structural information by AFM as well as optical information by STM-LE on the same molecule so far remains elusive. We present a combined high-resolution AFM and STM-LE study on single metal-oxide phthalocyanines. Using atomic manipulation, the molecules can be deliberately reduced. We demonstrate structure elucidation and adsorption geometry determination of single molecules with atomic resolution combined with optical characterization by STM-LE and the possibility of investigating the change in a molecule's exciton emission intensity by a chemical reaction.
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Böckmann H, Liu S, Müller M, Hammud A, Wolf M, Kumagai T. Near-Field Manipulation in a Scanning Tunneling Microscope Junction with Plasmonic Fabry-Pérot Tips. NANO LETTERS 2019; 19:3597-3602. [PMID: 31070928 PMCID: PMC6750903 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b00558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Near-field manipulation in plasmonic nanocavities can provide various applications in nanoscale science and technology. In particular, a gap plasmon in a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) junction is of key interest to nanoscale imaging and spectroscopy. Here we show that spectral features of a plasmonic STM junction can be manipulated by nanofabrication of Au tips using focused ion beam. An exemplary Fabry-Pérot type resonator of surface plasmons is demonstrated by producing the tip with a single groove on its shaft. Scanning tunneling luminescence spectra of the Fabry-Pérot tips exhibit spectral modulation resulting from interference between localized and propagating surface plasmon modes. In addition, the quality factor of the plasmonic Fabry-Pérot interference can be improved by optimizing the overall tip shape. Our approach paves the way for near-field imaging and spectroscopy with a high degree of accuracy.
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- Hannes Böckmann
- Department of Physical Chemistry and Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Fritz-Haber Institute of the Max-Planck Society, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Physical Chemistry and Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Fritz-Haber Institute of the Max-Planck Society, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Physical Chemistry and Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Fritz-Haber Institute of the Max-Planck Society, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Physical Chemistry and Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Fritz-Haber Institute of the Max-Planck Society, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Physical Chemistry and Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Fritz-Haber Institute of the Max-Planck Society, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Physical Chemistry and Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Fritz-Haber Institute of the Max-Planck Society, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
- JST-PRESTO, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
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Miwa K, Imada H, Imai-Imada M, Kimura K, Galperin M, Kim Y. Many-Body State Description of Single-Molecule Electroluminescence Driven by a Scanning Tunneling Microscope. NANO LETTERS 2019; 19:2803-2811. [PMID: 30694065 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b04484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Electron transport and optical properties of a single molecule in contact with conductive materials have attracted considerable attention because of their scientific importance and potential applications. With the recent progress in experimental techniques, especially by virtue of scanning tunneling microscope (STM)-induced light emission, where the tunneling current of the STM is used as an atomic-scale source for induction of light emission from a single molecule, it has become possible to investigate single-molecule properties at subnanometer spatial resolution. Despite extensive experimental studies, the microscopic mechanism of electronic excitation of a single molecule in STM-induced light emission has yet to be clarified. Here we present a formulation of single-molecule electroluminescence driven by electron transfer between a molecule and metal electrodes based on a many-body state representation of the molecule. The effects of intramolecular Coulomb interaction on conductance and luminescence spectra are investigated using the nonequilibrium Hubbard Green's function technique combined with first-principles calculations. We compare simulation results with experimental data and find that the intramolecular Coulomb interaction is crucial for reproducing recent experiments for a single phthalocyanine molecule. The developed theory provides a unified description of the electron transport and optical properties of a single molecule in contact with metal electrodes driven out of equilibrium, and thereby, it contributes to a microscopic understanding of optoelectronic conversion in single molecules on solid surfaces and in nanometer-scale junctions.
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- Kuniyuki Miwa
- Surface and Interface Science Laboratory , RIKEN , Wako , Saitama 351-0198 , Japan
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of California, San Diego , La Jolla , California 92093 , United States
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- Surface and Interface Science Laboratory , RIKEN , Wako , Saitama 351-0198 , Japan
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- Surface and Interface Science Laboratory , RIKEN , Wako , Saitama 351-0198 , Japan
- Department of Advanced Materials Science, Graduate School of Frontier Science , The University of Tokyo , Kashiwa , Chiba 277-8651 , Japan
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- Surface and Interface Science Laboratory , RIKEN , Wako , Saitama 351-0198 , Japan
- Department of Advanced Materials Science, Graduate School of Frontier Science , The University of Tokyo , Kashiwa , Chiba 277-8651 , Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of California, San Diego , La Jolla , California 92093 , United States
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- Surface and Interface Science Laboratory , RIKEN , Wako , Saitama 351-0198 , Japan
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Li S, Czap G, Wang H, Wang L, Chen S, Yu A, Wu R, Ho W. Bond-Selected Photodissociation of Single Molecules Adsorbed on Metal Surfaces. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2019; 122:077401. [PMID: 30848644 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.122.077401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2018] [Revised: 12/02/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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We report the photoassisted activation of selected C─H bonds in individual molecules adsorbed on metal surfaces within the junction of a scanning tunneling microscope. Photons can couple to the C─H bond activation of specific hydrocarbons through a resonant photoassisted tunneling process. The molecule to be activated can be selected by positioning the tip with subangstrom resolution. Furthermore, structural tomography of the molecule and its dissociation products are imaged at different heights by the inelastic tunneling probe. The demonstration of single bond dissociation induced by resonant photoassisted tunneling electrons implies the attainment of atomic scale spatial resolution for bond-selected photochemistry.
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- Shaowei Li
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, California 92697-4575, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, California 92697-4575, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, California 92697-4575, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, California 92697-4575, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, California 92697-4575, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, California 92697-4575, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, California 92697-4575, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, California 92697-4575, USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, California 92697-2025, USA
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Edelmann K, Gerhard L, Winkler M, Wilmes L, Rai V, Schumann M, Kern C, Meyer M, Wegener M, Wulfhekel W. Light collection from a low-temperature scanning tunneling microscope using integrated mirror tips fabricated by direct laser writing. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2018; 89:123107. [PMID: 30599551 DOI: 10.1063/1.5053882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2018] [Accepted: 11/08/2018] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We report on a cryogenic scanning tunneling microscope (STM) designed for single molecule studies, in which the light emitted from the tunneling junction is collected by an integrated optics on the tip. Using direct laser writing, the tip and the surrounding microscopic parabolic mirror are fabricated as one piece, which is small enough to collimate the collected light directly into an optical multimode fiber fixed inside the STM. This simple and compact setup combines high collection efficiency and ease of handling while not interfering with the cryostat operation, allowing uninterrupted measurements at 1.4 K for up to 5 days with low drift.
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- Kevin Edelmann
- Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), D-76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), D-76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), D-76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), D-76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), D-76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), D-76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), D-76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), D-76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), D-76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
| | - Wulf Wulfhekel
- Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), D-76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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