1999/07/31 by J. Rychen, Jörg Rychen, Thomas Ihn +8 · 1 citation
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Acoustic Wave Resonator Technologies #Advanced MEMS and NEMS Technologies #Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications #cond-mat
paper · pdf · doi:10.1063/1.1150521
published as Rev. Sci. Instr. 71, 1695 (2000)
openalex publication_date 2000/04/01 · arxiv created 2000/05/29 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Piezoelectric quartz tuning forks are investigated for use as force sensors in dynamic mode scanning probe microscopy at temperatures down to 1.5 K and in magnetic fields up to 8 T. The mechanical properties of the forks are extracted from the frequency dependent admittance and simultaneous interferometric measurements. The performance of the forks in a cryogenic environment is investigated. Force-distance studies performed with these sensors at low temperatures are presented.