Kondo scattering observed at a single magnetic impurity
Kondo scattering observed at a single magnetic impurity
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DOI:
10.1103/physrevlett.80.2893
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发表时间:
1998-03-30
影响因子:
8.6
通讯作者:
Delley, B
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作者:
Li, JT;Schneider, WD;Delley, B
Electron scattering of isolated Ce adatoms on Ag(111) surfaces was studied with a low-temperature scanning tunneling microscope. Tunneling spectra obtained on and near Ce reveal a characteristic dip around the Fermi energy which is absent for nonmagnetic Ag adatoms. This feature is detected over a few atomic diameters around Ce atoms at the surface. The transition matrix element from the localized f electron to the tunnel-current carrying continuum states bears a strong resemblance to discrete autoionized states. We interpret the dip spectrum as a Fano interference for the limit where the f orbital has a very small matrix element.