Tunneling stabilized magnetic force microscopy; Prospects for low temperature applications to superconductors
- National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NEL), Boulder, CO (United States). Electromagnetic Technology Div.
The authors of this paper demonstrate an imaging technique referred to as tunneling stabilized magnetic force microscopy or TSMFM. TSMFM is performed using a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) with a flexible magnetic, tunneling tip in place of the usual rigid tunneling tip. TSMFM images are therefore combinations of topography and the magnetic forces between the tip and the sample. Room temperature TSMFM images of magnetic bit tracks on a hard disk have 100 nm resolution and are comparable to Bitter patterns made using a ferrofluid. We have built a low temperature STM with the hope of getting TSMFM images of the flux lattice in superconductors. Preliminary TSMFM images of a YBa{sub 2}Cu{sub c}O{sub x} (YBCO) film (T{sub c} {minus} 88 K) in a 5Q mT field show that relatively large magnetic forces are acting on the flexible tip while scanning at 48 K.
- OSTI ID:
- 5931755
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-900944-; CODEN: IEMGA
- Journal Information:
- IEEE Transactions on Magnetics (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States), Vol. 27:2; Conference: 1990 applied superconductivity conference, Snowmass, CO (United States), 24-28 Sep 1990; ISSN 0018-9464
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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