Differences Between Thermal and Laser-Induced Diffusion

作者:Zaum Ch*; Meyer auf der Heide K M; Mehlhorn M; McDonough S; Schneider W F; Morgenstern K
来源:Physical Review Letters, 2015, 114(14): 146104.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.146104

摘要

A combination of femtosecond laser excitation with a low-temperature scanning tunneling microscope is used to study long-range interaction during diffusion of CO on Cu(111). Both thermal and laser-driven diffusion show an oscillatory energy dependence on the distance to neighboring molecules. Surprisingly, the phase is inverted; i.e., at distances at which thermal diffusion is most difficult, it is easiest for laser-driven diffusion and vice versa. We explain this unexpected behavior by a transient stabilization of the negative ion during diffusion as corroborated by ab initio calculations.

  • 出版日期2015-4-7