Preparation of magnetic tips for spin-polarized STM on Fe1+yTe
Abstract
The interplay of electronic nematic modulations, magnetic order, superconductivity and structural distortions in strongly correlated electron materials calls for methods which allow characterizing them simultaneously - to allow establishing directly the relationship between these different phenomena. Spin-polarized STM enables studying both, electronic excitations as well as magnetic structure in the same measurement at the atomic scale. Here we demonstrate preparation of magnetic tips, both ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic, on single crystals of FeTe. This opens up preparation of spin-polarized tips without the need for sophisticated ultra-high vacuum preparation.
Citation
Singh , U R , Aluru , R , Liu , Y , Lin , C & Wahl , P 2015 , ' Preparation of magnetic tips for spin-polarized STM on Fe 1+y Te ' , Physical Review. B, Condensed matter and materials physics , vol. 91 , no. 16 , 161111 . https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.91.161111
Publication
Physical Review. B, Condensed matter and materials physics
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
1098-0121Type
Journal article
Description
PW acknowledges funding by Max-Planck-Society and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.Collections
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