Preparation of Fe STM tips for room-temperature spin-polarized tunneling spectroscopy

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Main Authors: Tepper, Jȩdrzej, van Ruitenbeek, Jan M.
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Published: 2024
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author Tepper, Jȩdrzej
van Ruitenbeek, Jan M.
author_facet Tepper, Jȩdrzej
van Ruitenbeek, Jan M.
contents We present a recipe based on field-directed Ar ion etching of iron tips that results in probes suitable for stable spin-polarized scanning tunneling spectroscopy. This is illustrated by a measurement of the spectroscopic mapping of the magnetization of Co islands on Cu(111).
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spellingShingle Preparation of Fe STM tips for room-temperature spin-polarized tunneling spectroscopy
Tepper, Jȩdrzej
van Ruitenbeek, Jan M.
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
We present a recipe based on field-directed Ar ion etching of iron tips that results in probes suitable for stable spin-polarized scanning tunneling spectroscopy. This is illustrated by a measurement of the spectroscopic mapping of the magnetization of Co islands on Cu(111).
title Preparation of Fe STM tips for room-temperature spin-polarized tunneling spectroscopy
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.15220