ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPE
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Jan 11, 2024
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Aug 18, 2021
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Aug 18, 2020
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Abstract
An atomic force microscope (“AFM”) based interferometer, uses a light source, and a splitting optical interface, splitting the light beam into a signal light beam and a reference light beam. Both the signal and reference light beams are focused in the vicinity of an AFM cantilever. A beam displacer introduces a lateral displacement between the signal light beam and reference light beam, the lateral displacement being such that, in at least one plane between the beam displacer and the focusing lens structure, the center of the signal light beam is separated from the center of the reference light beam by more than half a sum of their beam diameters on that plane. A detector operates to determine differences in optical path length between the signal light beam and reference light beam to determine information about movement of the cantilever.
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- 15 United States
- 10 France
- 8 Japan
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Patent Owner(s)
Patent Owner | Address | |
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CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE | 3 RUE MICHEL ANGE 75016 PARIS 75016 | |
UNIVERSITE CLAUDE BERNARD LYON 1 | 43 BOULEVARD DU 11 NOVEMBRE 1918 LYON 69622 | |
ECOLE NORMALE SUPERIEURE DE LYON | 15 PARVIS RENÉ DESCARTES BP 7000 LYON 69342 | |
OXFORD INSTRUMENTS ASYLUM RESEARCH INC | 6310 HOLLISTER AVENUE SANTA BARBARA CA 93117 |
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- 2021 Application Filing Year
- G01Q Class
- 99 Applications Filed
- 63 Patents Issued To-Date
- 63.64 % Issued To-Date
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Inventor Name | Address | # of filed Patents | Total Citations |
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Bellon, Ludovic | Le Bois-d'Oingt, FR | 3 | 0 |
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Labuda, Aleks | Santa Barbara, US | 2 | 0 |
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Pottier, Basile | Lyon, FR | 2 | 0 |
# of filed Patents : 2 Total Citations : 0 |
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