• DocumentCode
    2360032
  • Title

    Automatic probe alignment for atomic force microscope

  • Author

    Hung, Shao-Kang ; Tsai, Chia-Feng ; Hsu, Yu-Po ; Tzou, Dai-Jie ; Lin, Meng-Hu ; Fu, Li-Chen

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    10-12 July 2005
  • Firstpage
    909
  • Lastpage
    912
  • Abstract
    We built an atomic force microscope (AFM) system in combination with a robotic manipulator to help users in two rigorous tasks: to load the probe and to align the optical detection path. A novel z-tracking optical design, which allows vertical probe scan is also proposed. This method enhances the scan speed for massive samples.
  • Keywords
    atomic force microscopy; manipulators; optical microscopes; spatial variables control; atomic force microscope; automatic probe alignment; optical detection path alignment; probe loading; robotic manipulator; vertical probe scan; z-tracking optical design; Atom optics; Atomic force microscopy; Force sensors; High speed optical techniques; Laser modes; Optical feedback; Optical microscopy; Optical sensors; Rough surfaces; Scanning probe microscopy;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Mechatronics, 2005. ICM '05. IEEE International Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8998-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICMECH.2005.1529383
  • Filename
    1529383