Low-temperature AFM with a microwave cavity optomechanical transducer
Ermes Scarano, Elisabet K Arvidsson, August K Roos, Erik Holmgren, Riccardo Borgani, Mats O Tholén, David B Haviland
TL;DR
This paper introduces a new AFM sensor using superconducting circuits to improve imaging at low temperatures.
Contribution
A novel superconducting microwave cavity optomechanical transducer for low-temperature AFM with improved force sensitivity.
Findings
The sensor outperforms piezoelectric sensors in low-temperature AFM.
The sensor's thermal noise limit was experimentally determined.
Amplitude- and frequency-modulation AFM modes were successfully demonstrated.
Abstract
We demonstrate atomic force microscopy (AFM) imaging with a microcantilever force transducer where an integrated superconducting microwave resonant circuit detects cantilever deflection using the principles of cavity optomechanics. We discuss the detector responsivity and added noise, pointing to its crucial role in the context of force sensitivity. Through analysis of noise measurements we determine the effective temperature of the cantilever eigenmode and we determine the region of detector operation in which the sensor is thermal-noise-limited. Our analysis shows that the force-sensor design is a significant improvement over piezoelectric force sensors commonly used in low-temperature AFM. We discuss the potential for further improvement of the sensor design to achieve optimal detection at the standard quantum limit. We demonstrate AFM operation with surface-tracking feedback in both…
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TopicsMechanical and Optical Resonators · Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications · Advanced MEMS and NEMS Technologies