NEW SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY TIP FOR MEASURING SURFACE-TOPOGRAPHY

被引:165
作者
AKAMA, Y [1 ]
NISHIMURA, E [1 ]
SAKAI, A [1 ]
MURAKAMI, H [1 ]
机构
[1] TSUKUBA RES CTR,ELECTROTECH LAB,TSUKUBA 305,JAPAN
来源
JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY A-VACUUM SURFACES AND FILMS | 1990年 / 8卷 / 01期
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10.1116/1.576413
中图分类号
TB3 [工程材料学];
学科分类号
0805 ; 080502 ;
摘要
Electron-beam deposition inside scanning electron microscope (SEM) is used to prepare a new scanning tunneling microscope (STM) tip [electron-beam deposited (EBD) tip] which has a submicron diameter and a long straight sidewall. An EBD tip as small as less than 0.1 μm in diameter can be formed with careful beam focusing. This EBD tip is formed to be capable of providing a low-distortion STM image of deep grooves, and is quite useful in topographic measurements of microfabricated patterns. © 1990, American Vacuum Society. All rights reserved.
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页码:429 / 433
页数:5
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