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A few years ago, diffraction of atoms by double slits and gratings was achieved for the first time, and standard optical wave-theory provided an excellent description of the experiments. More recently, diffraction of weakly bound molecules…
Helium atoms in the 1s50s $^3$S$_1$ Rydberg level have been resonantly coupled to the $2\pi\times11.721$ GHz second harmonic mode of a chip-based superconducting coplanar waveguide microwave resonator. To achieve this, the single-photon…
Sub-nm resolution images can be achieved by Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) on samples that are deposited on hard substrates. However, it is still extremely challenging to image soft interfaces, such as biological membranes, due to the…
In atomic force microscopy (AFM), the angle relative to the vertical ($\theta_{i}$) that the tip apex of a cantilever moves is determined by the tilt of the probe holder and the geometries of the cantilever and actuated eigenmode $i$. Even…
In this paper we use density-functional theory calculations to analyze both the stability and diffusion of Cu adatoms near and on the H-passivated Si(001) surface. Two different Cu sources are considered: depositing Cu from vacuum, and…
The behavior of levels near the threshold of the lower continuum in superheavy H-like atoms with $Z\alpha >1$, caused by the interaction $\Delta U_{AMM}$ of the electron's magnetic anomaly (AMM) dynamically screened at small distances $ \ll…
We present a new approach to tuning fork-based atomic force microscopy for utilizing advanced "tip-on-chip" probes with high sensitivity and broad compatibility. Usually, such chip-like probes with a size reaching 2 mm x 2 mm drastically…
We demonstrate a simple method to significantly improve the sharpness of standard silicon probes for an atomic force microscope, or to repair a damaged probe. The method is based on creating and maintaining a strong, spatially localized…
Underlying the rapidly increasing photovoltaic efficiency and stability of metal halide perovskites (MHPs) is the advance in the understanding of the microstructure of polycrystalline MHP thin film. Over the past decade, intense efforts…
The interaction between light and vapors in the presence of magnetic fields is fundamental to many quantum technologies and applications. Recently, the ability to geometrically confine atoms into periodic structures has enabled the creation…
We present models for prediction of activation energy barrier of diffusion process of adatom (1-4) islands obtained by using data-driven techniques. A set of easily accessible features, geometric and energetic, that are extracted by…
Interferometry with ultracold atoms promises the possibility of ultraprecise and ultrasensitive measurements in many fields of physics, and is the basis of our most precise atomic clocks. Key to a high sensitivity is the possibility to…
We propose a two-frequency driving scheme in dynamic atomic force microscopy that maximizes the interaction time between tip and sample. Using a stochastic description of the cantilever dynamics, we predict large classical squeezing and a…
Light-atom interaction can be engineered by interfacing atoms with various specially designed media and optical fibers are convenient platforms for realization of compact interfaces. Here, we show that an optical fiber sensor bearing a…
The geometrical and electronic properties of the monolayer (ML) of tetracene (Tc) molecules on Ag(111) are systematically investigated by means of DFT calculations with the use of localized basis set. The bridge and hollow adsorption…
Molecular dynamics simulations of the interface structure in binary AgCu eutectic were performed by using the realistic EAM potential. In simulations, we examined such quantities as the time dependence of the total energy in the process of…
We report scanning tunneling microscopy studies of individual adatoms deposited on an InSb(110) surface. The adatoms can be reproducibly dropped off from the STM tip by voltage pulses, and impact tunneling into the surface by up to ~100x.…
Diffusion on surfaces is a fundamental process in surface science, governing nanostructure and film growth, molecular self-assembly, and chemical reactions. Atom motion on non-magnetic surfaces has been studied extensively both…
Structured metallic tips are increasingly important for optical spectroscopies such as tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS), with plasmonic resonances frequently cited as a mechanism for electric field enhancement. We probe the local…
We address the problem of electronic and nuclear spin resonance of an individual atom on a surface driven by a scanning tunnelling microscope. Several mechanisms have been proposed so far, some of them based on the modulation of exchange…