Wavefunction images

Wavefunction Images of Plasmon Modes of Cold Nanorod — Near-Field Transmission Method... 

M. Shapiro, J. Chem. Phys. 103 1748 (1995) ibid, Spectroscopic Wavefunction Imaging and Potential Inversion , J. Phys. Chem. 100 7859 (1996). 

Plasmon modes with odd parity characters are dipolar forbidden because no polarization is created upon photo-excitation. Observation of the odd plasmon mode in Fig.4.7d indicates that the optically forbidden mode becomes optically allowed by the local illumination of the near-fleld. It is also noted that observation of the wavefunction image indicates that the coherence of the polarization wave extends from the tip position to the whole area of the nanorod. 

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In summary, it has been demonstrated that plasmon-mode wavefunctions of gold nanoparticles resonant with the incident light can be visualized by near-field transmission imaging. 

In this chapter, we have provided an overview of near-field imaging and spectroscopy of noble metal nanoparticles and assemblies. We have shown that plasmon-mode wavefunctions and enhanced optical fields of nanoparticle systems can be visualized. The basic knowledge about localized electric fields induced by the plasmons may lead to new innovative research areas beyond the conventional scope of materials. 

Fig. 1.25. The s-wave-tip model. The tip was modeled as a spherical potential well of radius R. The distance of nearest approach is d. The center of curvature of tip is To, at a distance (R + d) from the sample surface. Only the 5-wave solution of the spherical-potential-well problem is taken as the tip wavefunction. In the interpretation of the images of the reconstructions on Au(llO), the parameters used are R = 9 A, d = 6 A. The center of curvature of the tip is 15 A from the Au surface. (After Tersoff and Hamann, 1983.)...

To summarize, the existence and role of force in STM is now a well-established scientific fact. At a relatively large absolute distance, for example, 5 A, the force between these two parties is attractive. (By absolute distance we mean the distance between the nucleus of the apex atom of the tip and the top-layer nuclei of the sample surface.) At very short absolute distances, for example, 1.5 A, the force between these two parts is repulsive. Between these two extremes, there is a well-defined position where the net force between the tip and the sample is zero. It is the equilibrium distance. On the absolute distance scale, the equilibrium distance is about 2-2.5 A. Therefore, the tip-sample distance of normal STM operation is 3-7 A on the absolute distance scale. In this range, the attractive atomic force dominates, and the distortion of wavefunctions cannot be disregarded. Therefore, any serious attempt to understand the imaging mechanism of STM should consider the effect of atomic forces and the wavefunction distortions. 

In this chapter, we discuss the images of perfect crystalline surfaces. First, wc present the analytic method for handling surface wavefunctions —... 

To determine the image, the first step is to determine the distribution of tunneling current as a function of the position of the apex atom. We set the center of the coordinate system at the nucleus of the sample atom. The tunneling matrix element as a function of the position r of the nucleus of the apex atom can be evaluated by applying the derivative rule to the Slater wavefunctions. The tunneling conductance as a function of r, g(r), is proportional to the square of the tunneling matrix element ... 

Tip-sample interactions 36, 195—210 force and deformation 37 local modification of sample wavefunctions 195 uncertainty principle, and 197 wavefunction modification 37 Topografiner 44—47 Topographic images 122, 125 Transient response 261, 262 Transition probability 67 Transmission electron microscopy 43... 

We show how one can image the amplitude and phase of bound, quasibound and continuum wavefunctions, using time-resolved and frequency-resolved fluorescence. The case of unpolarized rotating molecules is considered. Explicit formulae for the extraction of the angular and radial dependence of the excited-state wavepackets are developed. The procedure is demonstrated in Na2 for excited-state wavepackets created by ultra-short pulse excitations. 

Snapshots taken at two different times comparing an Image wavepacket, derived by the above procedure from data analogous to that of Fig. 1, to its Source , are given in Figs. 2a,b. We see that the imaged wavefunctions are practically indistinguishable from the true wavefunctions for all the times considered. 

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