title: Field-ion microscopy of quantum oscillations of linear carbon atomic chains.
abstract: Field ion microscopic imaging of monatomic carbon chains near the ground quantum states and the visualization of their two-dimensional wave functions were demonstrated. Quantum motions with the frequency proportional to the electric field are detected and analyzed with subangstrom lateral resolution. Electric fields above 10(10) V/m can be used for control of a transverse vibration mode of atomic chains in the terahertz spectral range.
authors.affiliation: Department of Condense Matter, National Scientific Center, Kharkov Institute for Physics and Technology, Kharkov 61108, Ukraine. mazilova@kipt.kharkov.ua
authors.forename: Tatjana I
authors.initials: TI
authors.lastname: Mazilova
authors.forename: Igor M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Mikhailovskij
authors.forename: Vjacheslav A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Ksenofontov
authors.forename: Evgenij V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Sadanov