Pump-probe Kelvin-probe force microscopy: Principle of operation and resolution limits

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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 languageEnglish
Article number154302
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Applied Physics
Volume118
Issue number15
Publication statusPublished - 21 Oct 2015
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

Scopus 84945305272
WOS 000884388300001
ORCID /0000-0002-2484-4158/work/142257502

Keywords

Keywords

  • Kelvin-probe force microscopy, KPFM, pump-probe