Method for controlling a scanning microscope

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9091704
APP PUB NO 20140317789A1
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14350400

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The invention relates to a control method having at least two control loops for a scanning microscope provided with a microlever and an actuator suitable for energizing the microlever, in which a first loop maintains as a controlled variable the oscillation amplitude of the microlever and as a manipulated variable the amplitude of the electric signal supplied to the actuator, and a second loop uses as a controlled variable the amplitude of the aforementioned electric signal and as a manipulated variable the tip-sample distance. Said procedure makes it possible to ignore changes of sign in the tip-sample interaction.

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UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE MADRID28049 MADRID

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Herrero, Julio Gomez Madrid, ES 1 0
Martin, David Martinez Madrid, ES 1 0
Ruiz-Castellanos, Miriam Jaafar Madrid, ES 1 0

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