A Tunneling Microscope for Operation in Air or Fluids.

Abstract

A tunneling microscope that is a hybrid between IBM Zurich designs and squeezable tunnel junctions has been oriented in air, oil, and liquid nitrogen. Key design goals were 1) maximum rigidity and 2) minimum thermal drift. Images of individual atoms in a close packed layer have been obtained under liquid nitrogen. Keywords: Tunneling; Microscope; Squeezable tunnel junctions; Rigidity; Thermal drift; Atoms; Liquid nitrogen.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA161325

Entities

People

  • B. Drake
  • G. Slough
  • J. Schneir
  • Paul K. Hansma
  • Richard Sonnenfeld

Organizations

  • University of California, Santa Barbara

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Attenuation
  • Amplifiers
  • Calibration
  • Capacitance Bridges
  • Electron Microscopes
  • Electronics
  • Films
  • Frequency
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Microscopes
  • Microscopy
  • Piezoelectric Materials
  • Power Supplies
  • Resonant Frequency
  • Translators
  • Vibration

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Solar Physics
  • Superconducting Magnet Technology