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P.I-22<br />

A homebuilt low-temperature STM / tuning fork AFM combination<br />

Manfred Lange 1 , Johannes Schaffert 1 , Nikolai Wintjes 1 and Rolf Möller 1<br />

1 Department <strong>of</strong> Physics, University <strong>of</strong> Duisburg-Essen, Germany<br />

We present details on a homebuilt, compact scanning probe microscope (Fig. 1) which<br />

can be switched between tuning fork AFM and STM operation without breaking vacuum.<br />

The geometry <strong>of</strong> the microscope resembles a cylinder with a height <strong>of</strong> only 15 cm and a<br />

diameter <strong>of</strong> 4 cm. It is attached to a commercially available continuous flow cryostat<br />

which allows cooling to about 5-7 K. Because <strong>of</strong> the very compact design, low helium<br />

consumption <strong>of</strong> only 1 liter/hour is achieved. Drift rates in lateral direction are

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