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.

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