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Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2021

Filed:

Dec. 06, 2019
Applicants:

University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD (US);

Government of the United States As Represented BY the Director, National Security Agency, Washington, DC (US);

Inventors:

Ting Xie, Burtonsville, MD (US);

Michael Dreyer, College Park, MD (US);

Isaak D. Mayergoyz, Rockville, MD (US);

Robert E. Butera, Prince Frederick, MD (US);

Charles S. Krafft, Owings, MD (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01Q 60/14 (2010.01); G01R 33/038 (2006.01); G01Q 10/06 (2010.01); G01Q 60/54 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01Q 60/14 (2013.01); G01Q 10/06 (2013.01); G01R 33/0385 (2013.01); G01Q 60/54 (2013.01);
Abstract

A scanning tunneling microscopy based potentiometry system and method for the measurements of the local surface electric potential is presented. A voltage compensation circuit based on this potentiometry system and method is developed and employed to maintain a desired tunneling voltage independent of the bias current flow through the film. The application of this potentiometry system and method to the local sensing of the spin Hall effect is outlined herein, along with the experimental results obtained.


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