HEIGHT CALIBRATION OF OPTICAL-LEVER ATOMIC-FORCE MICROSCOPES BY SIMPLE LASER INTERFEROMETRY

被引:105
作者
JASCHKE, M
BUTT, HJ
机构
[1] Max-Planck-Institut für Biophysik, 60596 Frankfurt
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D O I
10.1063/1.1146018
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
A new and simple interferometric method for height calibration of AFM piezo scanners is presented. Except for a small mirror no additional equipment is required since the fixed wavelength of the laser diode is used as a calibration standard. The calibration is appliable in the range between several ten nm and several μm. Besides vertical calibration many problems of piezo elements like hysteresis, nonlinearity, creep, derating, etc. and their dependence on scan parameters or temperature can be investigated. © 1995 American Institute of Physics.
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页码:1258 / 1259
页数:2
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