caa a22 4500 463211359 CHVBK 20180405153141.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170326e20070801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00339-007-4065-y doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00339-007-4065-y Local measurement of hot-electron phase-coherence at metal surfaces [Elektronische Daten] [M.A. Schneider, P. Wahl, L. Vitali, L. Diekhöner, R. Vogelgesang, K. Kern] We use scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy to study the energy dependence of hot-electron scattering processes on metal surfaces via the determination of the energy-dependent phase-coherence length. From this an electron lifetime can be determined, which in the case of electrons in the surface state of Ag(111) and in the case of the n=1 image-potential state on Cu(100) shows good agreement with theoretical modeling and other experimental data. The method is based on the quantitative analysis of electron interference patterns. A theoretical analysis shows that the phase-coherence length can be determined in confining nanostructures of a characteristic length scale smaller than the phase-coherence length. Springer-Verlag, 2007 Schneider M.A. Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, Heisenbergstr. 1, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany aut Wahl P. Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, Heisenbergstr. 1, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany aut Vitali L. Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, Heisenbergstr. 1, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany aut Diekhöner L. Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, Heisenbergstr. 1, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany aut Vogelgesang R. Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, Heisenbergstr. 1, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany aut Kern K. Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, Heisenbergstr. 1, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany aut Applied Physics A Springer-Verlag 88/3(2007-08-01), 443-447 0947-8396 88:3<443 2007 88 339 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-007-4065-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-007-4065-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Schneider M.A. Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, Heisenbergstr. 1, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wahl P. Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, Heisenbergstr. 1, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Vitali L. Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, Heisenbergstr. 1, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Diekhöner L. Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, Heisenbergstr. 1, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Vogelgesang R. Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, Heisenbergstr. 1, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kern K. Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, Heisenbergstr. 1, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Applied Physics A Springer-Verlag 88/3(2007-08-01), 443-447 0947-8396 88:3<443 2007 88 339 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer