Overview of the STM design¶

If you're unfamiliar with the Scanning Tunnelling Microscope, an excellent place to start is (naturally enough) the Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scanning_tunneling_microscope

Main building blocks of the STM¶

High frequency vibration isolator¶

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Piezotube and sample mount¶

Coarse positioner mechanism and probe holder¶

Piezotube and coarse positioner support¶

Bias voltage module¶

Tunnelling current amplifier¶

Control module¶