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The present letter describes a method to make a spin-polarized scanning tunneling microscopy tip by applying voltage pulses between a W tip and a magnetic sample. This spin-polarized tip has the similar characteristics as an Fe-coated W tip, which was confirmed by observations of antiferromagnetically coupled ferromagnetic Mn(001) layers (≫3 ML) grown on an Fe(001) whisker at 370 K. Furthermore, we demonstrate that these voltage pulses can vary the tip magnetization direction. © 2003 American Institute of Physics.
Published in:
Applied Physics Letters
(Volume:82
,
Issue:
9
)
Date of Publication: Mar 2003