Optical pump-probe scanning tunneling microscopy for probing ultrafast dynamics on the nanoscale

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The development of a method for exploring the ultrafast transient dynamics in small organized structures with high spatial resolution is expected to be a basis for further advances in current science and technology. Recently, we have developed a new microscopy technique by combining scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) with ultrashort-pulse laser technology, which enables the visualization of ultrafast carrier dynamics even on the single-atomic level. A nonequilibrium carrier distribution is generated using ultrashort laser pulses and its relaxation processes are probed by STM using the optical pump-probe method realized in STM by the pulse-picking technique. In this paper, the fundamentals of the new microscopy technique are overviewed.

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    S. Yoshida, Y. Terada, M. Yokota, O. Takeuchi, H. Oigawa & H. Shigekawa

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Yoshida, S., Terada, Y., Yokota, M. et al. Optical pump-probe scanning tunneling microscopy for probing ultrafast dynamics on the nanoscale. Eur. Phys. J. Spec. Top. 222, 1161–1175 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2013-01912-2

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Keywords

  • GaAs
  • European Physical Journal Special Topic
  • Scan Tunneling Microscopy
  • Pump Pulse
  • Probe Pulse