Abstract
We couple terahertz (THz) pulses to the tip of a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) and observe THz-pulse-induced tunneling in an STM, enabling a new ultrafast technique called THz-STM that allows for direct imaging of sub-picosecond dynamics on surfaces with nanometer spatial resolution. Imaging of sub-picosecond carrier capture dynamics into a single semiconductor nanodot is demonstrated. The potential of THz-STM for imaging ultrafast phenomena with atomic resolution is discussed.
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