ELECTRON SCATTERING AT A ROUGH SURFACE

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作者
KOCH, JF
MURRAY, TE
机构
[1] University of Maryland, College Park
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW | 1969年 / 186卷 / 03期
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10.1103/PhysRev.186.722
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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The lifetime of electrons in a skipping trajectory is limited by an occasional diffuse-surface-scattering event that removes the electron from a given quantum energy level. For elastic transitions between surface states, the scattering rate Γs is predicted to become larger with increasing magnetic field as H2. Such increasingly nonspecular surface reflection has been observed in a series of Ga and Sn samples with deliberate and controlled surface roughness. © 1969 The American Physical Society.
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