Control of the photon emission in a S.T.M. in air on oil-covered gold surfaces

Renaud Péchou (1) , Roland Coratger (1) , C. Girardin (1) , François Ajustron (1) , J. Beauvillain (1)

1 CEMES - Centre d'élaboration de matériaux et d'études structurales

Light emission in the Au/Au junction of a scanning tunneling microscope has been detected in air and the property of the control of emission yield has also been evidenced. Experimental results presented in this paper clearly show that this property can still be observed on mineral oil-covered gold surfaces.

Mots clés: Gold; Photons; Scanning tunneling microscopy; Surface phenomena; Photon emissions; Light emission

Domaines: Physique [physics]

Renaud Péchou, Roland Coratger, C. Girardin, François Ajustron, J. Beauvillain. Control of the photon emission in a S.T.M. in air on oil-covered gold surfaces. European Physical Journal: Applied Physics, 1998, 2 (2), pp.135-138. ⟨10.1051/epjap:1998175⟩. ⟨hal-01830819⟩