Spin-polarized scanning tunneling microscopy with antiferromagnetic probe tips. 2002

A Kubetzka, and M Bode, and O Pietzsch, and R Wiesendanger
Institute of Applied Physics and Microstructure Research Center, University of Hamburg, Jungiusstrasse 11, D-20355 Hamburg, Germany. kubetzka@physnet.uni-hamburg.de

We have performed low temperature spin-polarized scanning tunneling microscopy (SP-STM) of two monolayers Fe on W(110) using tungsten tips coated with different magnetic materials. We observe stripe domains with a magnetic period of 50 +/- 5 nm. Employing Cr as a coating material we recorded SP-STM images with an antiferromagnetic probe tip. The advantage of its vanishing dipole field is most apparent in external magnetic fields. This new approach resolves the problem of the disturbing influence of a ferromagnetic tip in the investigation of soft magnetic materials and superparamagnetic particles.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries

Related Publications

A Kubetzka, and M Bode, and O Pietzsch, and R Wiesendanger
December 2018, The Review of scientific instruments,
A Kubetzka, and M Bode, and O Pietzsch, and R Wiesendanger
March 1996, Physical review. B, Condensed matter,
A Kubetzka, and M Bode, and O Pietzsch, and R Wiesendanger
January 2019, The Review of scientific instruments,
A Kubetzka, and M Bode, and O Pietzsch, and R Wiesendanger
November 2006, Physical review letters,
A Kubetzka, and M Bode, and O Pietzsch, and R Wiesendanger
January 2012, Chimia,
A Kubetzka, and M Bode, and O Pietzsch, and R Wiesendanger
June 2011, Physical review letters,
A Kubetzka, and M Bode, and O Pietzsch, and R Wiesendanger
February 2005, Microscopy research and technique,
A Kubetzka, and M Bode, and O Pietzsch, and R Wiesendanger
May 2019, Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland),
A Kubetzka, and M Bode, and O Pietzsch, and R Wiesendanger
January 2017, Nano convergence,
A Kubetzka, and M Bode, and O Pietzsch, and R Wiesendanger
February 2005, Microscopy research and technique,
Copied contents to your clipboard!