A 10mK scanning tunneling microscope operating in ultra high vacuum and high magnetic fields

Review of Scientific Instruments

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Assig, Maximilian ^a   Etzkorn, Markus ^a   Enders, Axel ^a,c   Stiepany, Wolfgang ^a   Ast, Christian R ^a   Kern, Klaus ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DILUTION REFRIGERATOR; EFFECTIVE TEMPERATURE; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; HIGH MAGNETIC FIELDS; SAMPLE PREPARATION; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPES; TOPOGRAPHY MEASUREMENT; ULTRA-HIGH VACUUM CHAMBER;

MICROSCOPES; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

MAGNETIC FIELDS;

EID: 84875802572     PISSN: 00346748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4793793     Document Type: Article

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