Light Emission from Inelastic Electron Tunneling

摘要: We report the discovery of a new method for generation light. This technique yields broad-band light source with high frequency linear cutoff which is dependent only upon applied voltage through quantum relation $h{\ensuremath{\nu}}_{\mathrm{co}}=|\mathrm{eV}|$. The consists metal-insulator-metal tunneling junction. effect can be interpreted in terms inelastic excitation optically coupled surface plasmon modes.