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Evaluation of thermal evaporation conditions used in coating aluminum on near-field fiber-optic probes
dc.contributor.author | Hollars, Christopher W. | |
dc.contributor.author | Dunn, Robert C. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-12-05T16:06:02Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-12-05T16:06:02Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1998-01-01 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Hollars, Christoper W. & Dunn, Robert C. "Evaluation of thermal evaporation conditions used in coating aluminum on near-field fiber-optic probes." Rev. Sci. Instrum. 69, 1747 (1998). http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1148836. | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/16045 | |
dc.description | This is the published version, also available here: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1148836. | |
dc.description.abstract | The effects that the thermal evaporation conditions have on the roughness of aluminum-coated near-field fiber-optic probes were investigated using the high-resolution capabilities of atomic force microscopy. The coating conditions studied include the effects of background gas composition, base vacuum pressure, and aluminum evaporation rate. The effects of aging on the aluminum-coated tips were also evaluated. The results from topography measurements of the resulting aluminumfilm indicated that the most dramatic improvements in the tip coatings can be achieved using high aluminum evaporation rates at base vacuum pressures below 10−5 Torr. These results agree with other studies on thin aluminumfilms and reflect a decrease in oxide formation. For demanding applications of near-field microscopy requiring maximal resolution, the results presented here indicate that it may also be necessary to reduce oxygen and/or water from the vacuum chamber prior to coating. | |
dc.publisher | American Institute of Physics | |
dc.subject | Aluminium | |
dc.subject | Thin films | |
dc.subject | Atomic force microscopy | |
dc.subject | High pressure | |
dc.subject | Near-field scanning optical microscopy | |
dc.title | Evaluation of thermal evaporation conditions used in coating aluminum on near-field fiber-optic probes | |
dc.type | Article | |
kusw.kuauthor | Hollars, Christopher W. | |
kusw.kuauthor | Dunn, Robert C. | |
kusw.kudepartment | Chemistry | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1063/1.1148836 | |
kusw.oaversion | Scholarly/refereed, publisher version | |
kusw.oapolicy | This item does not meet KU Open Access policy criteria. | |
dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess |