Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy of Magnetic Bulk Impurities

Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy of Magnetic Bulk Impurities

From a Single Kondo Atom Towards a Coupled System

Pruser, Henning

Springer International Publishing AG

09/2016

109

Mole

Inglês

9783319360515

15 a 20 dias

Magnetic impurities in a non-magnetic host metal have been actively explored in condensed matter physics in recent last decades. This thesis contains a comprehensive description of the STM /STS technique, sub-surface impurities, as well as single- and two-impurity Kondo physics - and as such offers a valuable introduction to newcomers to the field.
Introduction.- Experimental Setup and Background.- Investigation of Sub-surface Atoms by STM.- Kondo Physics of Single Sub-surface Atoms.- Signatures of Non-magnetic Atoms.- Two-Impurity Kondo Physics.- Prospects.- Appendix.