Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) Laboratory

Some introductory text.

Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) laboratory room

Equipment

Bruker Dimension AFM (left) and Bruker Multimode 8 AFM (right)

Scanning-probe AFM with low noise and high-bandwidth photo-detector read-out circuit

Generic equipment

  • Oscilloscopes
    • Keysight DSO-X-2004A (3)
    • Tektronix DDS2012 (2)
    • Tektronix TDS6644A (1)
  • Function generators
    • Stanford Research Systems DS335 (1)
    • Krohn Hite 5900C (1)
  • Filters
    • Wavetek Brickwall 753A (1)
  • Power supplies
    • Agilent U8001 (1)
  • Lock-in amplifiers
    • Stanford Research Systems SR844 (1)
    • Ametek 7270DSP (1)
  • System analyzers
    • HP 4395A (1)
    • HP 54620A (1)
  • Piezo amplifiers
    • Falco Systems WMA300 (3)
  • Passive vibration isolation systems
    • Thorlabs optical tables (2)
  • Active vibration isolation systems
    • Accurion halcyonics Nano 20/30 desktop unit (1)

Sensors and actuators

  • Capacitive displacement sensor
    • MicroSense 6810 (2)
  • Piezoelectric stack actuator
    • Noliac (>30)

High-end equipment

  • Atomic force microscopes (AFM) with controller and Signal Access Module (SAM)
    • Bruker Multimode 5 (1)
    • Bruker Multimode 8 (1)
    • Bruker Dimension (1)
  • Optical microscopes
    • Zeiss Axio (1)
  • Sample and probes for mechanical, electrical and magnetic measurements (>1000)

Self-built equipment

  • Viceo-rate AFM with controller and high-bandwidth piezo-amplifier (1)
  • Scanning-lever AFM with low-noise, high-bandwidth photo-detector read-out circuit (1)
  • Cantilever holder for piezoresistive AFM cantilever beam (1)