Non-topographic contrast in constant-current Scanning Field-Emission Microscopy (SFEM)
Abstract
Scanning Tunneling Microscopy is performed in the conventional (tunneling) and in the field-emission regime. Images of W(110)-surfaces with and without some carbon content are taken in the constant current mode, in which the tip-target vertical distance displaces to compensate for the changes of the tunneling, respectively, field emission current. In the field emission regime, we observe tip-target displacements that are not related to the topographic contrast. © 2020 IEEE. Show more
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Book title
2020 33rd International Vacuum Nanoelectronics Conference (IVNC)Pages / Article No.
Publisher
IEEEEvent
Subject
Scanning Tunneling Microscope; Field Emission; Low Energy Electron microscopy; Contact potentialOrganisational unit
03351 - Pescia, Danilo (emeritus) / Pescia, Danilo (emeritus)
Funding
606988 - Sources, Interaction with Matter, Detection and Analysis of Low Energy Electrons 2 (EC)
134422 - Spin Polarized Secondary Electron Imaging (SNF)
Notes
Due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) the conference was conducted virtually.More
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