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J Phys Chem Lett. 2013 Apr 04;4(7):1131-5. doi: 10.1021/jz400239k. Epub 2013 Mar 22.

Local Ionization Dynamics Traced by Photoassisted Scanning Tunneling Microscopy: A Theoretical Approach.

The journal of physical chemistry letters

Michael Schüler, Yaroslav Pavlyukh, Jamal Berakdar

Affiliations

  1. Institute for Physics, Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Heinrich-Damerow-Straße 4, 06120 Halle.

PMID: 26282032 DOI: 10.1021/jz400239k

Abstract

For tracing the spatiotemporal evolution of electronic systems, we suggest and analyze theoretically a setup that exploits the excellent spatial resolution based on scanning tunneling microscopy techniques combined with the temporal resolution of femtosecond pump-probe photoelectron spectroscopy. As an example, we consider the laser-induced, local vibrational dynamics of a surface-adsorbed molecule. The photoelectrons released by a laser pulse can be collected by the scanning tip and utilized to access the spatiotemporal dynamics. Our proof-of-principle calculations are based on the solution of the time-dependent Schrödinger equation supported by the ab initio computation of the matrix elements determining the dynamics.

Keywords: Dyson orbital; orbital imaging; photoassisted STM; surface photochemistry; surface vibrations; time-resolved photoemission

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