Hallmark of quantum skipping in energy filtered lensless scanning electron microscopy

TY - JOUR

T1 - Hallmark of quantum skipping in energy filtered lensless scanning electron microscopy

AU - Thamm, A. K.

AU - Wei, J.

AU - Zhou, J.

AU - Walker, C. G.H.

AU - Cabrera, H.

AU - Demydenko, M.

AU - Pescia, D.

AU - Ramsperger, U.

AU - Suri, A.

AU - Pratt, A.

AU - Tear, S. P.

AU - El-Gomati, M. M.

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2022 Author(s).

PY - 2022/1/31

Y1 - 2022/1/31

N2 - We simulate the electronic system of ejected electrons arising when a tip, positioned few 10 nm away from a surface, is operated in the field emission regime. We find that, by repeated quantum reflections (“quantum skipping”), electrons produced at the nanoscale primary site are able to reach the macroscopic environment surrounding the tip-surface region. We observe the hallmark of quantum skipping in an energy filtered experiment that detects the spin of the ejected electrons.

AB - We simulate the electronic system of ejected electrons arising when a tip, positioned few 10 nm away from a surface, is operated in the field emission regime. We find that, by repeated quantum reflections (“quantum skipping”), electrons produced at the nanoscale primary site are able to reach the macroscopic environment surrounding the tip-surface region. We observe the hallmark of quantum skipping in an energy filtered experiment that detects the spin of the ejected electrons.

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U2 - 10.1063/5.0077503

DO - 10.1063/5.0077503

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85124477055

SN - 0003-6951

VL - 120

JO - Applied Physics Letters

JF - Applied Physics Letters

IS - 5

M1 - 052403

ER -