Room temperature scanning Hall probe microscopy using GaAs/AlGaAs and Bi micro-hall probes

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2002-08-12

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Sandhu, A
Masuda, H
Oral, Ahmet
Bending, S.J
Yamada, A
Konagi, M

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A room temperature scanning Hall probe microscope system utilizing GaAs/AlGaAs and bismuth micro-Hall probes was used for magnetic imaging of ferromagnetic domain structures on the surfaces of crystalline thin film garnets and permanent magnets. The Bi micro-Hall probes had dimensions ranging between 0.25 and 2.8 mum(2) and were fabricated using a combination of optical lithography and focused ion beam milling. The use of bismuth was found to overcome surface depletion effects associated with semiconducting micro-Hall probes. Our experiments demonstrated that Bi is a practical choice of material for fabricating sub-micron sized Hall sensors.

Subject Keywords

Ferromagnetic domains, Hall sensors, Nanotechnology, Bismuth, GaAs, Permanent magnetics, Garnets

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/41206

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Department of Physics, Article