DESIGN AND DETAILED ANALYSIS OF A SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPE

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作者
GRAFSTROM, S
KOWALSKI, J
NEUMANN, R
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[1] Phys. Inst., Heidelberg Univ.
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10.1088/0957-0233/1/2/007
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
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A scanning tunnelling microscope (STM) is described which uses a double-lever reduction system with a single micrometer-drive for the coarse sample-to-tip approach and a thermally compensated single-tube piezo scanner for the tip movement. The microscope is equipped with versatile analogue electronics, and the data acquisition is computer-automated. The principal considerations are two main problems in the design of the STM electronics: the current control circuit and the current-sensing preamplifier. The performance of the STM is illustrated with images of gold and graphite samples.
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