Tunneling stabilized, magnetic force microscopy with a gold-coated, nickel-film tipa)
- 1 July 1991
- journal article
- letter
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 70 (1) , 520-522
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.350266
Abstract
Tunneling stabilized magnetic force microscopy (TSMFM) is done with a scanning tunneling microscope having a flexible magnetic tip. TSMFM can be used to generate maps of magnetic records with submicrometer resolution. We find that Au-coated, Ni-film tips made from a free-standing 0.5-μm-thick Ni film can be used as a noninvasive probe for imaging magnetic bit patterns on the surfaces of computer hard and floppy disks, and computer tape. This variant of scanning tunneling microscopy shows promise as a viable tool for diagnostic use in the magnetic recording industry.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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