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Phys. Rev. Lett. 70, 1517–1520 (1993)

Single electron tunneling from bound states on the surface of liquid helium

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Gordon F. Saville, John M. Goodkind, and P. M. Platzman
University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0319
AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974

Received 19 November 1992; published in the issue dated 8 March 1993

We have measured tunneling rates for the escape of electrons from the surface of liquid helium. They agree with calculated results using a 1D image potential previously determined by spectroscopy and a static, single-particle potential term incorporating the dynamics of the 2D electron gas.

© 1993 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.70.1517
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.70.1517
PACS:
73.40.Gk