A method which allows scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) tip biasing independent of the sample bias during frequency modulated atomic force microscopy (AFM) operation is presented. The AFM sensor is supplied by an electronic circuit combining both a frequency shift signal and a tunneling current signal by means of an inductive coupling. This solution enables a control of the tip potential independent of the sample potential. Individual tip biasing is specifically important in order to implement multi-tip STM/AFM applications. An extensional quartz sensor (needle sensor) with a conductive tip is applied to record simultaneously topography and conductivity of the sample. The high resonance frequency of the needle sensor (1 MHz) allows scanning of a large area of the surface being investigated in a reasonably short time. A recipe for the amplitude calibration which is based only on the frequency shift signal and does not require the tip being in contact is presented. Additionally, we show spectral measurements of the mechanical vibration noise of the scanning system used in the investigations.
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December 15 2015
Combined frequency modulated atomic force microscopy and scanning tunneling microscopy detection for multi-tip scanning probe microscopy applications
Ireneusz Morawski
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Ireneusz Morawski
1
Peter Grünberg Institut (PGI-3) and JARA-Fundamentals of Future Information Technology
, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
2Institute of Experimental Physics,
University of Wrocław
, pl. M. Borna 9, 50-204 Wrocław, Poland
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Richard Spiegelberg;
Richard Spiegelberg
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Peter Grünberg Institut (PGI-3) and JARA-Fundamentals of Future Information Technology
, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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Stefan Korte;
Stefan Korte
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Peter Grünberg Institut (PGI-3) and JARA-Fundamentals of Future Information Technology
, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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Bert Voigtländer
Bert Voigtländer
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Peter Grünberg Institut (PGI-3) and JARA-Fundamentals of Future Information Technology
, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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Rev. Sci. Instrum. 86, 123703 (2015)
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Received:
August 05 2015
Accepted:
November 19 2015
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Ireneusz Morawski, Richard Spiegelberg, Stefan Korte, Bert Voigtländer; Combined frequency modulated atomic force microscopy and scanning tunneling microscopy detection for multi-tip scanning probe microscopy applications. Rev. Sci. Instrum. 1 December 2015; 86 (12): 123703. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4936975
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