We have measured the response of the tunneling gap of a scanning tunneling microscope to excitation by a subpicosecond electrical pulse. Combining ultrashort laser pulses techniques with scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), we have obtained simultaneous 2-ps time resolution and 50-angstrom spatial resolution. This is a 9 orders of magnitude improvement in the time resolution currently attainable with STM. The potential of this powerful technique for studying ultrafast dynamical phenomena on surfaces with atomic resolution and mesoscopic electronic device physics is discussed.
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California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, United StatesCalifornia NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, United States
Steeves, G.M.
Freeman, M.R.
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Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2J1, CanadaCalifornia NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, United States
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Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Calif Nanosyst Inst, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USAUniv Calif Santa Barbara, Calif Nanosyst Inst, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA
Steeves, GM
Freeman, MR
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