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Lightwave-driven scanning tunnelling spectroscopy of atomically precise graphene nanoribbons

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  • S. E. Ammerman

    (Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University)

  • V. Jelic

    (Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University)

  • Y. Wei

    (Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University)

  • V. N. Breslin

    (Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University)

  • M. Hassan

    (Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University)

  • N. Everett

    (Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University)

  • S. Lee

    (Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University)

  • Q. Sun

    (Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
    Materials Genome Institute, Shanghai University)

  • C. A. Pignedoli

    (Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology)

  • P. Ruffieux

    (Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology)

  • R. Fasel

    (Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
    Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bern)

  • T. L. Cocker

    (Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University)

Abstract

Atomically precise electronics operating at optical frequencies require tools that can characterize them on their intrinsic length and time scales to guide device design. Lightwave-driven scanning tunnelling microscopy is a promising technique towards this purpose. It achieves simultaneous sub-ångström and sub-picosecond spatio-temporal resolution through ultrafast coherent control by single-cycle field transients that are coupled to the scanning probe tip from free space. Here, we utilize lightwave-driven terahertz scanning tunnelling microscopy and spectroscopy to investigate atomically precise seven-atom-wide armchair graphene nanoribbons on a gold surface at ultralow tip heights, unveiling highly localized wavefunctions that are inaccessible by conventional scanning tunnelling microscopy. Tomographic imaging of their electron densities reveals vertical decays that depend sensitively on wavefunction and lateral position. Lightwave-driven scanning tunnelling spectroscopy on the ångström scale paves the way for ultrafast measurements of wavefunction dynamics in atomically precise nanostructures and future optoelectronic devices based on locally tailored electronic properties.

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  • S. E. Ammerman & V. Jelic & Y. Wei & V. N. Breslin & M. Hassan & N. Everett & S. Lee & Q. Sun & C. A. Pignedoli & P. Ruffieux & R. Fasel & T. L. Cocker, 2021. "Lightwave-driven scanning tunnelling spectroscopy of atomically precise graphene nanoribbons," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 12(1), pages 1-9, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:12:y:2021:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-021-26656-3
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-26656-3
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