Scanning tunneling microscope
    3.
    发明授权
    Scanning tunneling microscope 失效
    扫描隧道显微镜

    公开(公告)号:US5138159A

    公开(公告)日:1992-08-11

    申请号:US727005

    申请日:1991-07-08

    摘要: White light emitted from a light source is made incident on a spectroscope via a lens. The light from the spectroscope is converged by a lens and fed to one end of an optical fiber. The other end of the fiber is provided with a probe. The probe has a pointed end portion coated with a total reflection film and a transparent electrically conductive film. The probe is attached to a cylindrical piezoelectric actuator via a metal frame. Thus, the probe is scanned along the surface of a sample, and the distance between the probe and the surface of the sample is controlled. The light emitted from the tip of the probe and transmitted through the sample is converged by a lens system and radiated on a photoelectrical conversion element. The output from the photoelectrical conversion element is processed by a signal processor, and the processed result is displayed on a display. A driver circuit scans the probe along the surface of the sample, and controls the distance between the probe and the sample upon receiving a tunnel current. The output from the driver circuit is processed by the signal processor and an STM image is displayed on the display.

    摘要翻译: 从光源发出的白光通过透镜入射到分光镜上。 来自分光镜的光由透镜会聚并馈送到光纤的一端。 纤维的另一端设置有探针。 探针具有涂覆有全反射膜和透明导电膜的尖端部分。 探头通过金属框架连接到圆柱形压电致动器。 因此,沿着样品的表面扫描探针,并且控制探针与样品表面之间的距离。 从探针的尖端发射并透过样品的光由透镜系统会聚并辐射到光电转换元件上。 光电转换元件的输出由信号处理器处理,处理结果显示在显示器上。 驱动电路沿着样品的表面扫描探头,并在接收隧道电流时控制探头与样品之间的距离。 来自驱动电路的输出由信号处理器处理,STM图像显示在显示器上。

    Scanning tunnel microscope
    6.
    发明授权
    Scanning tunnel microscope 失效
    扫描隧道显微镜

    公开(公告)号:US6127681A

    公开(公告)日:2000-10-03

    申请号:US460076

    申请日:1990-02-05

    摘要: A scanning tunnel microscope is arranged by a combination of an optical microscope and a tunnel scanning unit. The scanning tunnel unit includes a probe held to be spaced apart from a sample placed on a sample table by a predetermined interval in an axial direction, and an actuator for axially moving the sample table and the probe to a tunnel region and relatively and three-dimensionally driving the sample table and the probe. An objective lens and the probe are arranged such that the axis of the probe of the scanning tunnel unit is aligned with an optical axis of the objective lens of the optical microscope. The sample and the probe are axially moved and brought into the tunnel region, and the sample is scanned in its surface direction while the sample and the probe are finely moved in the axial direction and a tunnel current is kept constant, thereby performing an STM observation of an observation surface of the sample. The objective lens of the optical microscope is axially moved to obtain an in-focus state, and the field of the STM observation surface is observed as an optical microscopic image through an eyepiece lens.

    摘要翻译: PCT No.PCT / JP88 / 00804 Sec。 371 1990年2月5日第 102(e)日期1990年2月5日PCT提交1988年8月12日PCT公布。 公开号WO89 / 01603 日期1989年2月23日扫描隧道显微镜通过光学显微镜和隧道扫描单元的组合布置。 扫描隧道单元包括:保持与沿轴向方向预定间隔放置在样品台上的样品间隔开的探针;以及用于将样品台和探针轴向移动到隧道区域的致动器, 在尺寸上驱动样品台和探针。 物镜和探针被布置成使得扫描隧道单元的探针的轴线与光学显微镜的物镜的光轴对准。 样品和探针被轴向移动并进入隧道区域,并且在样品和探针沿轴向细微移动并且隧道电流保持恒定的同时沿其表面方向扫描样品,从而进行STM观察 的样品的观察表面。 轴向移动光学显微镜的物镜以获得对焦状态,并且通过目镜透镜观察STM观察表面的场作为光学显微镜图像。

    Scanning tunneling microscope
    7.
    发明授权
    Scanning tunneling microscope 失效
    扫描隧道显微镜

    公开(公告)号:US5296704A

    公开(公告)日:1994-03-22

    申请号:US821123

    申请日:1992-01-14

    摘要: A scanning tunneling microscope has an STM unit including a probe for scanning the surface of an object. The STM unit has at its outer peripheral surface a cylindrical enclosing member extending towards an object table. When the object is observed, the object table is elevated or the STM unit is lowered, so that the enclosing member is urged upon the table. The table and the STM unit constitute one body. As a result, relative movement between the object and the probe can be prevented, and also influence due to vibration can be prevented. In addition, the enclosing member isolates the object and the probe from the outside space, whereby electric noise, magnetic noise, sound noise and air flow are shielded. Thus, the influence due to external vibration can be reduced, and the stability is enhanced.

    摘要翻译: 扫描隧道显微镜具有包括用于扫描物体表面的探针的STM单元。 STM单元在其外周表面具有朝向物台延伸的圆柱形封闭构件。 当观察对象时,对象表被升高或者STM单元被降低,使得封闭构件被推到桌子上。 表和STM单元构成一体。 结果,可以防止物体和探针之间的相对运动,并且还可以防止由振动引起的影响。 此外,封闭构件将物体和探针与外部空间隔离,由此屏蔽电噪声,磁噪声,声音噪声和空气流。 因此,可以降低由外部振动引起的影响,提高稳定性。

    Probe unit for near-field optical scanning microscope
    8.
    发明授权
    Probe unit for near-field optical scanning microscope 失效
    近场光学扫描显微镜探头单元

    公开(公告)号:US5294790A

    公开(公告)日:1994-03-15

    申请号:US957404

    申请日:1992-10-06

    摘要: A hole is formed in a silicon substrate, passing through the substrate. An insulating film is formed on one face of the silicon substrate and one open end of the hole is thus closed by the insulating film. An antireflection film is attached to that area of the insulating film by which the one open end of the hole is closed. An optical fiber is fitted and fixed in the hole. An optically-transparent conical probe is formed on the area of the insulating film which corresponds to the hole in the silicon substrate and the probe is coated by a metal film while leaving a tip of the probe not coated. A fine aperture is thus formed at the tip of the probe to allow light to enter into the probe through the fine aperture. The metal film prevents light reflected from entering into the probe and light from being leaked from the probe, and it is connected to an electrode to use tunnel current to position the fine aperture near a sample.

    摘要翻译: 在硅衬底中形成穿过衬底的孔。 绝缘膜形成在硅衬底的一个表面上,孔的一个开口端由绝缘膜封闭。 防反射膜附着在孔的一个开口端被封闭的绝缘膜的区域上。 光纤装配并固定在孔中。 在绝缘膜的与硅衬底中的孔对应的区域上形成光学透明的锥形探针,并且探针被金属膜涂覆,同时使探针的尖端未被涂覆。 因此,在探针的尖端处形成细孔,以允许光通过细孔进入探针。 金属膜防止反射进入探针的光,并且光从探针泄漏,并且其连接到电极以使用隧道电流来将细孔定位在样品附近。

    Scanning probe microscope having cantilever and detecting sample
characteristics by means of reflected sample examination light
    9.
    发明授权
    Scanning probe microscope having cantilever and detecting sample characteristics by means of reflected sample examination light 失效
    具有悬臂的扫描探针显微镜,通过反射样品检测光检测样品特性

    公开(公告)号:US5289004A

    公开(公告)日:1994-02-22

    申请号:US866748

    申请日:1992-04-10

    摘要: A scanning probe microscope comprises a cantilever having a conductive probe positioned near a sample, an actuator for moving the sample to and away from the probe, a circuit for applying a bias voltage between the probe and sample to produce a tunnel current therebetween, a circuit for detecting the produced tunnel current, a circuit for detecting the amount of displacement of the probe resultant from interatomic forces acting between atomics of the probe and sample, thereby producing signals, a circuit for providing the actuator for feedback in response to the output signals from the circuit to retain constant the distance between the probe and sample, thereby causing the actuator to move the sample, a circuit for forming an STS image data from the detected tunnel current, a circuit for forming an STM image data from the detected tunnel current, and a circuit for forming an AFM image data. Thus, the STS, STP and AFM images are separately obtained simultaneously.

    摘要翻译: 扫描探针显微镜包括具有位于样品附近的导电探针的悬臂,用于将样品移动到远离探针的致动器,用于在探针和样品之间施加偏置电压以在其间产生隧道电流的电路,电路 用于检测产生的隧道电流的电路,用于检测由探针和样品的原子间作用的原子间力产生的探针的位移量,从而产生信号的电路,用于响应于来自 保持探针和样品之间的距离恒定的电路,从而使致动器移动样本,从检测到的隧道电流形成STS图像数据的电路,用于从检测到的隧道电流形成STM图像数据的电路, 以及用于形成AFM图像数据的电路。 因此,STS,STP和AFM图像同时分别获得。