Very compact design for a low-temperature tuning fork atomic force microscope

作者：Wintjes N^*; Lange M; van Voerden D; Karacuban H; Utzat D; Moeller R

来源：Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B, 2010, 28(3).

DOI：10.1116/1.3374720

• atomic force microscopy
• low-temperature techniques
• silver
• temperature measurement
• vibrations

The authors present a new design for a tuning fork based noncontact atomic force microscope. The very compact construction in the form of a cylinder with a diameter of only 3 cm and a height of 10 cm makes the microscope especially suitable for measurements at low temperatures. Thermal drift rates are found to be about 1 angstrom/h at 7 K. Furthermore, the design allows for in situ exchange of the tuning fork even at low temperatures. The performance of the microscope is demonstrated by topographic and spectroscopic measurements on a Ag(111) surface at room temperature and at a temperature of 7 K.

• 出版日期2010-5