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An ultrahigh vacuum device for measuring the conductivity of surface structures by a four-probe method based on a closed-cycle refrigerator

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An ultrahigh vacuum device for measuring the conductivity of surface structures based on a closed-cycle refrigerator is described. The device allows measurements of the conductivity of surface atomic structures as a function of the temperature (in the range 22—300 K) and electric field. The circuit for conductivity measurements allows operation with contact resistances of up to 1010 Ω and currents as low as 10-13A. The operation of the device is demonstrated by an example of measuring the conductivity of a clean reconstructed Si(111)7 - 7 surface.

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  1. Kotel’nikov Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Mokhovaya 11, korp. 7, Moscow, 125009, Russia

    A. B. Odobesco, V. F. Nasretdinova & S. V. Zaitsev-Zotov

  2. Moscow State Institute of Electronic Engineering (Technical University), prd. 4806, 5, Zelenograd, Moscow oblast, 124498, Russia

    B. A. Loginov

  3. National Research Nuclear University MIFI, Kashirskoe sh. 31, Moscow, 115409, Russia

    V. B. Loginov

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Original Russian Text © A.B. Odobesco, B.A. Loginov, V.B. Loginov, V.F. Nasretdinova, S. V. Zaitsev-Zotov, 2010, published in Pribory i Tekhnika Eksperimenta, 2010, No. 3, pp. 152–158.

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Odobesco, A.B., Loginov, B.A., Loginov, V.B. et al. An ultrahigh vacuum device for measuring the conductivity of surface structures by a four-probe method based on a closed-cycle refrigerator. Instrum Exp Tech 53, 461–467 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020441210030267

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