Pump-probe Kelvin-probe force microscopy: Principle of operation and resolution limits
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Contributors
Abstract
Knowledge on surface potential dynamics is crucial for understanding the performance of modern-type nanoscale devices. We describe an electrical pump-probe approach in Kelvin-probe force microscopy that enables a quantitative measurement of dynamic surface potentials at nanosecond-time and nanometer-length scales. Also, we investigate the performance of pump-probe Kelvin-probe force microscopy with respect to the relevant experimental parameters. We exemplify a measurement on an organic field effect transistor that verifies the undisturbed functionality of our pump-probe approach in terms of simultaneous and quantitative mapping of topographic and electronic information at a high lateral and temporal resolution.
Details
Original language | English |
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Article number | 154302 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Journal of Applied Physics |
Volume | 118 |
Issue number | 15 |
Publication status | Published - 21 Oct 2015 |
Peer-reviewed | Yes |
External IDs
Scopus | 84945305272 |
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WOS | 000884388300001 |
ORCID | /0000-0002-2484-4158/work/142257502 |
Keywords
Keywords
- Kelvin-probe force microscopy, KPFM, pump-probe