DOI: 10.1063/1.1140047. Variable-temperature scanning tunneling microscope

Variable-temperature scanning tunneling microscope

10.1063/1.1140047

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Review of Scientific Instruments (317)

Abstract

A thermally compensated tube scanner scanning tunneling microscope (STM) has been constructed and successfully tested. This design utilizes two concentric piezoelectric tubes, one for scanning and one for thermal compensation and inertial sample translation (over several mm), as well as fine adjustment of sample position while in tunneling range. This design eliminates the need for mechanical components such as springs, levers, gears, or stepper motors that are known to result in considerable vibration sensitivity, thermal drift, and low-resonance frequencies. This new design demonstrates continuously variable-temperature operation as well as atomic resolution without vibration isolation for the first time in a STM. Thermal drift of less than 1 Å/h and less than 10 Å/K have been determined. Also, the lowest mechanical resonance frequency of 21 kHz makes this new design suitable for high-speed applications such as video rate scanning.

Bibliography

Lyding, J. W., Skala, S., Hubacek, J. S., Brockenbrough, R., & Gammie, G. (1988). Variable-temperature scanning tunneling microscope. Review of Scientific Instruments, 59(9), 1897â1902.

Authors 5

J. W. Lyding (first)
S. Skala (additional)
J. S. Hubacek (additional)
R. Brockenbrough (additional)
G. Gammie (additional)

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Dates

Type	When
Created	23 years, 1 month ago (July 26, 2002, 9:24 a.m.)
Deposited	1 year, 6 months ago (Feb. 6, 2024, 6:14 p.m.)
Indexed	4 months, 2 weeks ago (April 17, 2025, 9:06 a.m.)
Issued	37 years ago (Sept. 1, 1988)
Published	37 years ago (Sept. 1, 1988)
Published Print	37 years ago (Sept. 1, 1988)

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BibTeX

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