Song, Y.
, Otte, A.
, Blankenship, S.
, Band, A.
, Hess, F.
, Kuk, Y.
, Shvarts, V.
, Zhao, Z.
and Stroscio, J.
(2010),
A 10 mK Scanning Probe Microscopy Facility, Review of Scientific Instruments, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=906211
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A 10 mK Scanning Probe Microscopy Facility
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, , , , , Young Kuk, Vladimir Shvarts, Zuyu Zhao,
Abstract
We describe the design, development and performance of a scanning probe microscopy (SPM) facility operating at a base temperature of 10 mK in magnetic fields up to 15 T. The microscope is cooled by a custom designed, fully ultra-high vacuum (UHV) compatible dilution refrigerator and is capable of in-situ tip and sample exchange. Sub-picometer stability at the tip-sample junction is achieved through three independent vibration isolation stages and careful design of the dilution refrigerator. The system can be connected to, or disconnected from, a network of interconnected auxiliary UHV chambers for tip/sample preparations and analysis. These include MBE growth chambers for metal and semiconductor samples, a field ion microscope for tip characterization, and a fully independent quick access STM/AFM system. We present cooling performance, noise measurements, and high energy resolution tunneling spectroscopy results on SiC grown epitaxial graphene.Citation
Review of Scientific Instruments
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81
Issue
12
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scanning probe microscopy, scanning tunneling microscopy, cryogenic, dilution refrigerator
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