title: Two-electron photon emission from metallic quantum wells.
abstract: Unusual emission of visible light is observed in scanning tunneling microscopy of the quantum well system Na on Cu(111). Photons are emitted at energies exceeding the energy of the tunneling electrons. Model calculations of two-electron processes which lead to quantum well transitions reproduce the experimental fluorescence spectra, the quantum yield, and the power-law variation of the intensity with the excitation current.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Experimentelle und Angewandte Physik, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, D-24098 Kiel, Germany.
authors.forename: Germar
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hoffmann
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Berndt
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Johansson