User`s guide

Agilent 5500 SPM User’s Guide 12
Contents
Removing the Body of the Two-Piece Nose Assembly 68
Inserting a Probe in the Two-Piece Nose Assembly 69
Inserting the Scanner and Connecting Cables 70
Aligning the Laser 72
Inserting and Aligning the Detector 79
Mounting the Sample 83
Using the Video System 86
Care and Handling of the Probes and Scanner 90
Probes 90
Nose Assembly 90
Two-Piece Nose Cone Cleaning 90
Scanner 90
5 Contact Mode Imaging
Setting Up for Contact Mode Imaging 93
Constant Force Mode 93
Constant Height Mode 100
Fine-Tuning the Image 100
Setpoint 100
Gains 101
Scan Settings 101
6AC Modes
Acoustic AC Mode (AAC) 104
AAC Mode 104
Constant Height Mode 109
Magnetic AC (MAC) Mode 110
Standard MAC Mode 111
Top MAC Mode 112
Q Control 112
7 Additional Imaging Modes
Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM) 114
Current Sensing AFM (CSAFM) 119
Lateral Force Microscopy (LFM) 123
Dynamic Lateral Force Microscopy (DLFM) 125
Force Modulation Microscopy (FMM) 127