The effect of the tip in scanning tunneling spectroscopy of graphene Landau levels

ORAL

Abstract

Landau Level (LL) spectroscopy measurements were performed on multilayer epitaxial graphene using 4 K scanning tunneling spectroscopy in magnetic fields up to 8 T. Fits of the LL energies to the form expected for graphene show a slight difference in the Fermi velocity of hole and electron states. We show that this may be a consequence of the work function difference between graphene and the tip material (iridium). Data sets consisting of LL energies versus magnetic field are used to fit a model tip potential. The calculated spectrum of tip-perturbed LLs reveals the possible source of some ``extra'' peaks.

*Supported in part by NSF and NRI-INDEX

Authors

  • Kevin Kubista

    • Georgia Institute of Technology
  • David Miller

    • Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Ming Ruan

    • Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Walt deHeer

    • Georgia Institute of Technology
    • Georgia Tech
  • Phillip First

    • Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Gregory Rutter

    • NIST-Gaithersburg
  • Joseph Stroscio

    • Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, NIST, Gaithersburg, MD 20899
    • NIST-Gaithersburg
    • NIST