DOI: 10.1063/1.1146995. An easy-to-use non-optical shear-force distance control for near-field optical microscopes

An easy-to-use non-optical shear-force distance control for near-field optical microscopes

10.1063/1.1146995

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Abstract

We present an easy-to-use non-optical shear-force detection system for tip–sample distance control in scanning near-field optical microscopes. The fibre tip is fixed in a four-segmented piezo-tube by a polymer, Polyisobutylene, which couples the tip stiffly to the piezo at frequencies of 10 kHz or more at room temperature. One segment of the piezo-tube excites the fibre tip in resonance, while the other three segments detect the tip vibration in the manner of a piezo-microphone. When the tip is damped by shear forces the induced voltage at the three segments changes and can easily be detected with a lock-in amplifier. Further our method allows a fast and reproducible tip exchange with minor adjustments of mechanical or electrical components. We demonstrate the performance of our distance control on a holographically fabricated line pattern with 417 nm lattice spacing and 10 nm height. A height resolution of better than 1 nm is demonstrated.

Bibliography

Barenz, J., Hollricher, O., & Marti, O. (1996). An easy-to-use non-optical shear-force distance control for near-field optical microscopes. Review of Scientific Instruments, 67(5), 1912â1916.

Authors 3

J. Barenz (first)
O. Hollricher (additional)
O. Marti (additional)

References 13 Referenced 65

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Dates

Type	When
Created	23 years ago (July 26, 2002, 8:03 a.m.)
Deposited	1 year, 6 months ago (Feb. 11, 2024, 12:52 a.m.)
Indexed	1 year, 6 months ago (Feb. 11, 2024, 1:10 a.m.)
Issued	29 years, 3 months ago (May 1, 1996)
Published	29 years, 3 months ago (May 1, 1996)
Published Print	29 years, 3 months ago (May 1, 1996)

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BibTeX

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