https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2002-00347-x
Resonant enhancement of charge transfer through surface states
Department of Physics and Engineering Physics,
University of Saskatchewan, 116 Science Place,
Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada
Corresponding author: a rainer@sask.usask.ca
Received:
6
August
2002
Published online:
31
October
2002
A model is proposed that treats electrons at surfaces as a combination of two-dimensional and three-dimensional degrees of freedom. This yields a simple formula for the surface state induced resonant enhancement of the transfer of electrons through a surface. The model also yields analytic approximations for the transition between two-dimensional and three-dimensional distance laws in the correlations between electrons in surface states.
PACS: 73.20.At – Surface states, band structure, electron density of states / 73.40.-c – Electronic transport in interface structures
© EDP Sciences, Società Italiana di Fisica, Springer-Verlag, 2002
