Design and fabrication of guiding patterns for topography-based searching of 2D devices for scanning tunneling microscopy measurements
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| author | Chen, Huandong Li, Hong Li, Yutao Zhao, He Lu, Ming Fujita, Kazuhiro Pasupathy, Abhay N. |
| author_facet | Chen, Huandong Li, Hong Li, Yutao Zhao, He Lu, Ming Fujita, Kazuhiro Pasupathy, Abhay N. |
| contents | We report the design and fabrication of guiding patterns for topography-based searching of two-dimensional (2D) devices for scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) measurements. Sub-micron geometric coordinate markers were etched into SiO2/Si wafers, serving as both substrates for 2D device integration and guiding maps for sample navigation. Here, we used a monolayer graphene/h-BN device with an active area of smaller than 20 um x 20 um as a model system and demonstrated that the device could be reliably located in STM solely through topographic imaging of the guiding patterns and in situ stage calibration, without reliance on optical viewports or capacitive sensing. Atomically resolved topographic imaging and tunneling spectroscopy were also obtained. Our proposed navigation strategy is fully compatible with standard device fabrication procedures and requires no hardware modification to existing STM setups. As such, it offers a practical alternative for locating miniaturized devices in STM, shedding light on studying emerging quantum phenomena in 2D systems. |
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| spellingShingle | Design and fabrication of guiding patterns for topography-based searching of 2D devices for scanning tunneling microscopy measurements Chen, Huandong Li, Hong Li, Yutao Zhao, He Lu, Ming Fujita, Kazuhiro Pasupathy, Abhay N. Strongly Correlated Electrons Materials Science We report the design and fabrication of guiding patterns for topography-based searching of two-dimensional (2D) devices for scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) measurements. Sub-micron geometric coordinate markers were etched into SiO2/Si wafers, serving as both substrates for 2D device integration and guiding maps for sample navigation. Here, we used a monolayer graphene/h-BN device with an active area of smaller than 20 um x 20 um as a model system and demonstrated that the device could be reliably located in STM solely through topographic imaging of the guiding patterns and in situ stage calibration, without reliance on optical viewports or capacitive sensing. Atomically resolved topographic imaging and tunneling spectroscopy were also obtained. Our proposed navigation strategy is fully compatible with standard device fabrication procedures and requires no hardware modification to existing STM setups. As such, it offers a practical alternative for locating miniaturized devices in STM, shedding light on studying emerging quantum phenomena in 2D systems. |
| title | Design and fabrication of guiding patterns for topography-based searching of 2D devices for scanning tunneling microscopy measurements |
| topic | Strongly Correlated Electrons Materials Science |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.19077 |