Lifetimes of stark-shifted image states.
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The inelastic lifetimes of electrons in image-potential states at Cu(100) that are Stark shifted by the electrostatic tip-sample interaction in the scanning tunneling microscope are calculated using the many-body GW approximation. The results demonstrate that in typical tunneling conditions the image state lifetimes are significantly reduced from their field-free values. The Stark shift to higher energies increases the number of inelastic scattering channels that are available for decay, with field-induced changes in the image state wave function increasing the efficiency of the inelastic scattering through greater overlap with final state wave functions.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Physical review letters
دوره 95 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2005