Scanning-probe Single-electron Capacitance SpectroscopyKathleen A. Walsh 1, Megan E. Romanowich 1, Morewell Gasseller 1,2, Irma Kuljanishvili 1,3, Raymond Ashoori 4, Stuart Tessmer 1
1Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, 2Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry/Physics, Mercyhurst University, 3Department of Physics, Saint Louis University, 4Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Scanning-probe single-electron capacitance spectroscopy facilitates the study of single-electron motion in localized subsurface regions. A sensitive charge-detection circuit is incorporated into a cryogenic scanning probe microscope to investigate small systems of dopant atoms beneath the surface of semiconductor samples.