A modular ultra-high vacuum millikelvin scanning tunneling microscope

Wong, Dillon; Jeon, Sangjun; Nuckolls, Kevin P.; Oh, Myungchul; Kingsley, Simon C. J.; Yazdani, Ali

doi:10.1063/1.5132872

Title: A modular ultra-high vacuum millikelvin scanning tunneling microscope

Journal Article · Wed Feb 05 00:00:00 EST 2020 · Review of Scientific Instruments

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5132872· OSTI ID:1780894

Wong, Dillon ^[1];

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Princeton Univ., NJ (United States)
Princeton Univ., NJ (United States); Chung-Ang Univ., Seoul (South Korea)
Oxford Instruments, Oxfordshire (United Kingdom)

We describe the design, construction, and performance of an ultra-high vacuum (UHV) scanning tunneling microscope (STM) capable of imaging at dilution-refrigerator temperatures and equipped with a vector magnet. The primary objective of our design is to achieve a high level of modularity by partitioning the STM system into a set of easily separable, interchangeable components. This naturally segregates the UHV needs of STM instrumentation from the typically non-UHV construction of a dilution refrigerator, facilitating the usage of non-UHV materials while maintaining a fully bakeable UHV chamber that houses the STM. The modular design also permits speedy removal of the microscope head from the rest of the system, allowing for repairs, modifications, and even replacement of the entire microscope head to be made at any time without warming the cryostat or compromising the vacuum. Without using cryogenic filters, we measured an electron temperature of 184 mK on a superconducting Al(100) single crystal.

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Research Organization:: Princeton Univ., NJ (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation; ONR; Princeton Center for Complex Materials

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-07ER46419; NSF-DMR-1608848; NSF-DMR-1904442; N00014-17-1-2784; DMR-1420541

OSTI ID:: 1780894

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1597539

Journal Information:: Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 91, Issue 2; ISSN 0034-6748

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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