Scanning capacitance microscopy on a 25 nm scale

Williams, C. C. ; Hough, W. P. ; Rishton, S. A.

Woodbury, NY : American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Published 1989
ISSN:
1077-3118
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
A near-field capacitance microscope has been demonstrated on a 25 nm scale. A resonant circuit provides the means for sensing the capacitance variations between a sub-100-nm tip and surface with a sensitivity of 1×10−19 F in a 1 kHz bandwidth. Feedback control is used to scan the tip at constant gap across a sample, providing a means of noncontact surface profiling. Images of conducting and nonconducting structures are presented.
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