Field emission to control tip-sample distance in magnetic probe recording

le Fèbre, A.J. and Luttge, R. and Abelmann, L. and Lodder, J.C. (2007) Field emission to control tip-sample distance in magnetic probe recording. In: International Conference on Nanoscience and Technology 2006, 30 July - 4 Aug 2006, Basel, Switzerland.

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Abstract:	An integrated method using field-emission to control the tip-sample distance for non-contact magnetic probe recording is presented, adopting the exponential relation between current and electric field as feedback. I/V characteristics that correspond well to field emission theory are measured using a probe coated with a 100 nm conductive diamond layer. By using feedback to control the tip-sample distance at constant current, the distance was increased by 2.8 nm per volt applied bias. The method was tested by scanning a probe coated with 20 nm chromium over a conducting nanopatterned sample, at bias voltages of 0.5V, 5.0V and 50.0V. The measurements confirm that field emission can be applied to control the tip-sample distance, with sufficient resolution and current stability for magnetic probe recording.
Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item
Faculty:	Science and Technology (TNW) Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS)
Research Group:	Mesoscale Chemical Systems (MCS) Transducers Science and Technology (TST)
Link to this item:	http://purl.utwente.nl/publications/64019
Official URL:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/61/1/135
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