Ion milled tips for scanning tunneling microscopy

D. K. Biegelsen; F. A. Ponce; J. C. Tramontana; S. M. Koch

doi:10.1063/1.98070

Ion milled tips for scanning tunneling microscopy

D. K. Biegelsen, F. A. Ponce, J. C. Tramontana, S. M. Koch

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Ion milling of electrochemically etched tungsten tips is shown to improve the characteristics for scanning tunneling microscopy. The primary mechanism for the enhancement of tip reliability is identified to be the removal of a residual oxide. A greatly decreased radius of curvature is also achieved without significantly changing the macrostructural geometry of the tip.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	696-698
Number of pages	3
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	50
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.98070
State	Published - 1987
Externally published	Yes

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