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- General
- • SPM probe for high resolution imaging
- • fits to all well-known commercial SPMs
- • cantilever and tip are supported by a single crystal silicon holder (monolithic design)
- Material Features
- • highly doped, single crystal silicon (resistivity 0.01 - 0.025 Ohm*cm)
- • no intrinsic stress and absolutely straight cantilevers
- Cantilever
- • rectangular cantilever with triangular free end
- • easy positioning of tip on the area of interest due to the "ARROW" shape and consistent distance between tip and cantilever end
- • trapezoidal cross section with wide detector side for easy laser adjustment
- Holder
- • dimensions of the holder are very reproducible (1.6 mm x 3.4 mm)
- • replacement of probe without major readjustment of the detector system
- Tip
- • tip height 10 - 15µm and radius of curvature typically < 10nm (15nm guaranteed)
- • macroscopic half cone angles 20° to 25° from the front and 30° to 35° when viewed along the cantilever axis
- Types, Package sizes and Availibility
- • ARROW NC for non-contact/tapping mode available from December 2002: resonance frequency = 250kHz, force constant = 42 N/m cantilever length = 160µm, cantilever width (rectangular part) = 45µm
- • small packages of 10, 20 and 50 probes
- • contact mode and force modulation mode probes will be introduced in 2003
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