Direct comparison between potential landscape and local density of states in a disordered two-dimensional electron system

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14 February 2002

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Published by arXiv in arXiv

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.cond-mat/0202239

Abstract

The local density of states (LDOS) of the adsorbate induced two-dimensional electron system (2DES) on n-InAs(110) is studied by low-temperature scanning tunneling spectroscopy. The LDOS exhibits irregular structures with fluctuation lengths decreasing with increasing energy. Fourier transformation reveals that the k-values of the unperturbed 2DES dominate the LDOS, but additional lower k-values contribute significantly. To clarify the origin of the additional k-space intensity, we measure the potential landscape of the same 2DES area with the help of the tip induced quantum dot. This allows to calculate the expected LDOS from the single particle Schroedinger equation and to directly compare it with the measured one. Reasonable correspondance between calculated and measured LDOS is found.

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Version 1, 2002-02-14, ArXiv
Published version: Physical Review Letters, 89 (13), 136806.

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