Low-temperature scanning tunneling microscope for use on artificially fabricated nanostructures
- 1 September 1994
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Review of Scientific Instruments
- Vol. 65 (9) , 2849-2852
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1144626
Abstract
A scanning tunneling microscope (STM) has been developed, dedicated for use on artificially fabricated nanostructures at low temperatures. With this STM mesoscopic phenomena can be studied, combining the unique possibilities of scanning tunneling microscopy and artificially fabricated nanostructures for investigating the physics in this regime. The STM is vibration insensitive, has reliable coarse approach mechanisms in three dimensions, and operates at low temperatures. In order to be able to position the tip above the structure of interest, also a searching strategy has been developed. In this article we describe design and operation of the STM and demonstrate searching.Keywords
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