Patent ID: 7427755
Filing Date: 2008-09-23
Classification: B82Y,G01Q

Abstract:
1. An electron beam heating device for a scanning tunneling microscope (STM), said electron beam heating device used for heating of a sample and a STM tip, said electron beam heating device comprising: an electron beam sample heating carrier; an electron beam tip heating carrier; said electron beam sample heating carrier and said electron beam tip heating carrier include a filament; each said filament of said electron beam sample heating carrier and said electron beam tip heating carrier being mounted between a pair of contact bars; and contact bars being electrically isolated from said sample carrier and said tip carrier; and a base stage for mating engagement with one of said electron beam sample heating carrier and said electron beam tip heating carrier; said base stage for coupling electrical current and high voltage to said electron beam sample heating carrier and said electron beam tip heating carrier; and said electron beam tip heating carrier includes a tip holder, said tip holder includes an electrically isolated post connected to the tip, enabling a separate electrical potential to be applied to the tip.