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Electrical Conduction Through Surface Superstructures Measured By Microscopic Four-Point Probes

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  • SHUJI HASEGAWA

    (Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan)

  • ICHIRO SHIRAKI

    (Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan)

  • FUHITO TANABE

    (Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan)

  • REI HOBARA

    (Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan)

  • TAIZO KANAGAWA

    (Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan)

  • TAKEHIRO TANIKAWA

    (Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan)

  • IWAO MATSUDA

    (Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan)

  • CHRISTIAN L. PETERSEN

    (Capres A/S, DTU Bldg. 404 east, DK-2800, Lyngby, Denmark)

  • TORBEN M. HANSEN

    (Microelectronics Center, Denmark Technical University, Bldg. 345 east, DK-2800, Lyngby, Denmark)

  • PETER BOGGILD

    (Microelectronics Center, Denmark Technical University, Bldg. 345 east, DK-2800, Lyngby, Denmark)

  • FRANCOIS GREY

    (Microelectronics Center, Denmark Technical University, Bldg. 345 east, DK-2800, Lyngby, Denmark)

Abstract

Forin-situmeasurements of the local electrical conductivity of well-defined crystal surfaces in ultrahigh vacuum, we have developed two kinds of microscopic four-point probe methods. One involves a "four-tip STM prober," in which four independently driven tips of a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) are used for measurements of four-point probe conductivity. The probe spacing can be changed from 500 nm to 1 mm. The other method involves monolithic micro-four-point probes, fabricated on silicon chips, whose probe spacing is fixed around several μm. These probes are installed in scanning-electron-microscopy/electron-diffraction chambers, in which the structures of sample surfaces and probe positions are observedin situ. The probes can be positioned precisely on aimed areas on the sample with the aid of piezoactuators. By the use of these machines, the surface sensitivity in conductivity measurements has been greatly enhanced compared with the macroscopic four-point probe method. Then the conduction through the topmost atomic layers (surface-state conductivity) and the influence of atomic steps on conductivity can be directly measured.

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  • Shuji Hasegawa & Ichiro Shiraki & Fuhito Tanabe & Rei Hobara & Taizo Kanagawa & Takehiro Tanikawa & Iwao Matsuda & Christian L. Petersen & Torben M. Hansen & Peter Boggild & Francois Grey, 2003. "Electrical Conduction Through Surface Superstructures Measured By Microscopic Four-Point Probes," Surface Review and Letters (SRL), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 10(06), pages 963-980.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:srlxxx:v:10:y:2003:i:06:n:s0218625x03005736
    DOI: 10.1142/S0218625X03005736
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