摘要:
A scanning probe microscope includes a cantilever 12 having a probe 11 at a free thereof, a displacement detection unit 15 to output a displacement signal of the cantilever 12, a vibrating unit 14 to vibrate the cantilever 12, and a scanning unit 20 to three-dimensionally relatively move the sample 19 and probe 11. A mixed signal generation unit 30 includes an amplitude information detecting section 31 to provide a vibrating signal to the vibrating unit 14 and generate an amplitude signal including information of an amplitude of the displacement signal, and a phase difference information detecting section 32 to generate a phase signal including information of a phase difference between the displacement signal and the synchronous signal, and adds the displacement signal and the synchronous signal to generate a mixed signal. A controller 25 to control the scanning unit 20 includes a Z control section 26, which controls the distance between the sample 19 and the probe 11 on the basis of the mixed signal.
摘要:
A sample substrate 2 is supported on a microscope stage 21 of an inverted optical microscope, and a sample 1 and a solution 4 are held on the sample substrate 2. An AFM comprises a cantilever chip 3 and an XYZ scanner 6. The cantilever chip 3 comprises a cantilever 3b supported by the substrate 3a and a probe 3c provided at the free end of the cantilever 3b. The cantilever chip holder 7 holds the cantilever chip 3 so that the probe 3c faces the sample substrate 2 and so that the substrate 3a is inclined with respect to the sample substrate 2. A Z scanner 8 and an XY scanner 9 three-dimensionally scan the cantilever chip 3 with respect to the sample substrate 2. An illumination light source 32 illuminates the sample 1 through the space between the substrate of the cantilever chip 3 and the sample substrate 2.