View into the Scanning Tunneling Microscope Used in the Study (IMAGE)

Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

View into the Scanning Tunneling Microscope Used in the Study

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View into the Scanning Tunneling Microscope used in the study. The tip reflection, seen at the top of the round silver crystal, is used to align the tip close to the sample surface. It is brought to within a few atomic radii to the surface where the tip "feels" the magnetism of the Holmium single-atom magnets. The sample has a diameter of 8 mm.

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P. Forrester/EPFL

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