title: Room temperature scanning Hall probe microscopy using GaAs/AlGaAs and Bi micro-hall probes.
abstract: A room temperature scanning Hall probe microscope system utilizing GaAs/AlGaAs and bismuth micro-Hall probes was used for magnetic imaging of ferromagnetic domain structures on the surfaces of crystalline thin film garnets and permanent magnets. The Bi micro-Hall probes had dimensions ranging between 0.25 and 2.8 microm2 and were fabricated using a combination of optical lithography and focused ion beam milling. The use of bismuth was found to overcome surface depletion effects associated with semiconducting micro-Hall probes. Our experiments demonstrated that Bi is a practical choice of material for fabricating sub-micron sized Hall sensors.
authors.affiliation: Research Center for Quantum Effect Electronics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan. sandhu@keyaki.cc.u-tokai.ac.jp
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authors.lastname: Sandhu
authors.forename: H
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authors.lastname: Masuda
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authors.lastname: Oral
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Bending
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authors.lastname: Yamada
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authors.lastname: Konagai