Quantum Prescription of Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy in Crystalline Films

A. Rodriguez Echarri, Enok Johannes Haahr Skjolstrup, Thomas G. Pedersen, F. Javier Garcia De Abajo

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Abstract

A quantum mechanical model is used to study the electron energy-loss spectroscopy (EELS) of crystalline noble metal films, which shows intrinsic features associated with their crystallographic orientation. Within the random-phase approximation, we employ a 1-D potential across the film that captures the main features of the electronic band structure of different facet orientation, and then accounting for the corresponding electron-spill out and the atomic-plane corrugation. Furthermore, we examine the role of the vertical transitions among quantum well states, which are related to the in-plane effective mass, which is typically used to fit the parabolic electron bands at the Fermi level.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2021 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2021 - Proceedings
PublisherIEEE
Publication dateMay 2021
ISBN (Print)978-1-6654-4792-8
ISBN (Electronic)978-1-943580-91-0
Publication statusPublished - May 2021
Event2021 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2021 - Virtual, Online, United States
Duration: 9 May 202114 May 2021

Conference

Conference2021 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2021
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityVirtual, Online
Period09/05/202114/05/2021
SeriesConference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)
ISSN2160-8989

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work has been supported in part by the Spanish MINECO (MAT2017-88492-R and SEV2015-0522), ERC (Advanced Grant 789104-eNANO), the Catalan CERCA Program, and Fundació Privada Cellex. A.R.E. acknowledges a grant cofounded by the Generalitat de Catalunya and the European Social Fund FEDER. E. J. H. S. and T. G. P. acknowledge the support of the Quscope center sponsored by the Villum Foundation.

Publisher Copyright:
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