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== Conducting Tip Atomic Force Microscopy ==
=== Overview ===
Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)is a well established process for visualizing ultrafine surface characteristics. This is of particular interest to the field of photonics research because the structure of thin coatings has a huge effect on the performance of devices. In normal AFM scanning mode a fine needle is drawn very near a surface and is gently bent by the various atomic forces. The conducting tip gives you the chance to measure electrical conductivity at discrete locations and then correlate these measurement with the surface scan that reveals the shape.
Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)is a well established process for visualizing ultrafine surface characteristics. In normal AFM scanning mode a fine needle is drawn very near a surface and is gently bent by the various atomic forces. The conducting tip gives you the chance to measure electrical conductivity at discrete locations and then correlate these measurement with the surface scan that reveals the shape.


see Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_force_microscope Atomic Force Microscopy]
=== Operation ===


<swf width="600" height="500">http://depts.washington.edu/cmditr/media/afm.swf</swf>
<swf width="600" height="500">http://depts.washington.edu/cmditr/media/afm.swf</swf>


see Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_force_microscope Atomic Force Microscopy]
 
=== Signficance ===
This is of particular interest to the field of photonics research because the structure of thin coatings has a huge effect on the performance of devices.

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Overview

Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)is a well established process for visualizing ultrafine surface characteristics. In normal AFM scanning mode a fine needle is drawn very near a surface and is gently bent by the various atomic forces. The conducting tip gives you the chance to measure electrical conductivity at discrete locations and then correlate these measurement with the surface scan that reveals the shape.

see Wikipedia Atomic Force Microscopy


Operation

<swf width="600" height="500">http://depts.washington.edu/cmditr/media/afm.swf</swf>


Signficance

This is of particular interest to the field of photonics research because the structure of thin coatings has a huge effect on the performance of devices.