title: Design of a variable temperature scanning force microscope.
abstract: We have developed the variable temperature scanning force microscope capable of performing both magnetic resonance force microscopy (MRFM) and magnetic force microscopy (MFM) measurements in the temperature range between 5 and 300 K. Modular design, large scanning area, and interferometric detection of the cantilever deflection make it a sensitive, easy to operate, and reliable instrument suitable for studies of the dynamic and static magnetization in various systems. We have verified the performance of the microscope by imaging vortices in a Nb thin film in the MFM mode of operation. MRFM spectra in a diphenyl-picryl-hydrazyl film were recorded to evaluate the MRFM mode of operation.
authors.affiliation: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nazaretski
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Graham
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: D V
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Pelekhov
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Hammel
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Movshovich