Operation characteristics of piezoelectric quartz tuning forks in high magnetic fields at liquid helium temperatures

Abstract

Piezoelectric quartz tuning forks are investigated in view of their 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.

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• A low-temperature dynamic mode scanning force microscope operating in high magnetic fields

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