Regensburg 2013 – scientific programme
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TT: Fachverband Tiefe Temperaturen
TT 35: Graphene - Characterization and Devices (jointly with DS, HL, MA, and O)
TT 35.6: Talk
Wednesday, March 13, 2013, 10:45–11:00, H17
Multiple Auger Decay at resonant photo-excitation In carbon thin films — •Matthias Richter, Matthias Städter, Ioanna Paloumpa, and Dieter Schmeißer — Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus, Applied Physics and Sensors, K.-Wachsmann-Allee 17, 03046 Cottbus, Germany
We use resonant photoemission at the C1s edge to study the electronic structure of HOPG, graphene flakes and monolayer graphene. We find remarkable differences in the profile of the Auger decay channels, which we attribute to an additional multiple-Auger with a three-hole final state. A prerequisite for the appearance of this decay mechanism is the existence of localized excitonic states, which cause the appearance of the multiple Auger decay. Defects (pits, holes, steps and kinks) can act as localized excitonic states. We use those effects to identify the existence and the quantity of such defect states within the π*-band regime in carbon thin films, because the intensity of the three-hole Auger decay is varying with the defect density of the carbon films. The defect-excitonic states can be either localized in the band-gap at the M-point or in case of surface defects like steps, kinks or pits even at the K-point by losing the pure sp2 character of the films. We find that the appearance of the multiple Auger decay is different for multilayer and monolayer graphene. In particular the interaction of impurities leads to broadening of the C1s core levels. The three-hole Auger decay spectroscopy is a new method to detect such contaminations with a high sensitivity.