Magnetic scanning probe calibration using graphene hall sensor

Magnetic force microscopy (MFM) offers a unique insight into the nanoscopic scale domain structures of magnetic materials. However, MFM is generally regarded as a qualitative technique and, therefore, requires meticulous calibration of the magnetic scanning probe stray field (Bprobe) for quantitativ...

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Autores: Panchal, Vishal, Iglesias-Freire, Óscar, Lartsev, Arseniy, Yakimova, Rositza, Asenjo Barahona, Agustina, Kazakova, Olga
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/94781
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/94781
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Hall sensor
Kelvin probe force microscopy
Magnetic probe calibration
Epitaxial graphene
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Sumario:Magnetic force microscopy (MFM) offers a unique insight into the nanoscopic scale domain structures of magnetic materials. However, MFM is generally regarded as a qualitative technique and, therefore, requires meticulous calibration of the magnetic scanning probe stray field (Bprobe) for quantitative measurements. We present a straightforward calibration of B probe using scanning gate microscopy on epitaxial graphene Hall sensor in conjunction with Kelvin probe force microscopy feedback loop to eliminate sample-probe parasitic electric field interactions. Using this technique, we determined Bprobe ∼ 70 mT and ∼ 76 mT for probes with nominal magnetic moment ∼ 1 × 10-13 and > 3 × 10-13 emu, respectively, at a probe-sample distance of 20 nm. © 2013 IEEE.