Mechanical modulation of sample magnetization in magnetic resonance force microscopy

Autor: Doran D. Smith, Raul Fainchtein, John A. Marohn
Rok vydání: 1999
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Zdroj: Journal of Applied Physics. 86:4619-4625
ISSN: 1089-7550
0021-8979
DOI: 10.1063/1.371412
Popis: We have developed a mechanical method for modulating sample magnetization in magnetic resonance force microscopy experiments. A small-amplitude, low-frequency dithering of a magnetic field gradient source relative to a sample is used to create an oscillating magnetic field at the sample, which leads to a modulation of magnetization in rf-irradiated samples by magnetic resonance. Using this technique in concert with modulating rf power, we have achieved a 10 000× decrease in a sensitivity-limiting spurious response of microcantilevers to rf fields in sample-on-cantilever magnetic resonance force microscopy experiments. This mechanical implementation of “anharmonic modulation” is especially well suited for low power and vacuum applications, and is unique in its ability to modulate sample magnetization in magnet-on-cantilever experiments where the cantilever frequency is found to be a strong function of magnetic field.
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