Abstract
A highly sensitive noncontact atomic force microscope/scanning tunneling microscope (STM) operating in ultrahigh vacuum (UHV) with subangstrom oscillation amplitudes for atomic resolution imaging and force-distance spectroscopy was described. A novel fiber interferometer with very low noise levels was employed to detect cantilever displacements. The subangstrom oscillation amplitudes allow the force-distance measurements which reveal very short range force interactions.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3656-3663 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Review of Scientific Instruments |
| Volume | 74 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Aug 2003 |
| Externally published | Yes |