Background technology
Along with scientific and technological development, the fields such as biology, chemistry, material and nanosecond science and technology in the urgent need to realizing the technology of fast detecting or high speed imaging on micro-nano-scale.Scanning probe microscopy (SPM) is the important tool of carrying out at present Nanometer Detection and Indication, can realize micro-nano-scale micro-imaging, detection and processing.
Atomic force microscope belongs to scanning probe microscopy family, be on scanning tunnel microscope basis, grow up, broad-spectrum microscopy apparatus.But the image taking speed of conventional atomic force microscope is very slow, range of application is very limited, and cannot observe the dynamic process of sample, for example: the detection of biological cell or molecule dynamic process etc.So the sweep velocity that how to improve conventional atomic force microscope becomes the focus that people pay close attention to and study always.
Improving one of afm scan speed critical problem is exactly the physical dimension that reduces micro-cantilever probe, improves its resonant frequency.In conventional atomic force microscope, general using laser deflection method is carried out the moving situation of detector probe, thereby obtains the height relief of sample surfaces.Fig. 1 has provided the ultimate principle of this detection method.By the laser beam of laser instrument 1 ' send, be irradiated to the probe 2 ' surface that is coated with golden film, after probe 2 ' reflection, be irradiated to the surface of position-sensitivity detector 3 ' (PSD), reach the object that detects sample surfaces height relief by detection laser hot spot in the variation of PSD3 ' surface location.In conventional atomic force microscope, if the laser facula size being irradiated on micro-cantilever probe is constant, in the time reducing the physical dimension of micro-cantilever, has unnecessary laser and walk around micro-cantilever, be irradiated to sample surfaces.This part laser after sample surfaces reflection, if be irradiated to the surface of position-sensitivity detector PSD, will be to AFM(atomic force microscope, Atomic Force Microscope) normal work impact.In order to use smaller szie micro-cantilever probe, realize high speed AFM imaging, must reduce the physical dimension of laser instrument hot spot.
Summary of the invention
The object of this invention is to provide a kind of laser detecting method for high speed atomic force microscope and pick-up unit thereof, to reduce the physical dimension of incident laser hot spot, for atomic force microscope high speed imaging.
Laser detecting method of the present invention is: the horizontal laser beam of being launched by laser instrument, after laser lens collimation, incide on Amici prism, and under Amici prism reflection is backward, incide in aspheric mirror, focus on detecting probe surface through aspheric mirror; Light beam through detecting probe surface reflection passes through aspheric mirror again, is finally irradiated on position-sensitivity detector through another Amici prism reflection.Like this, the spot diameter of laser beam after aspheric mirror focuses on reduces greatly, thereby obtains being less than the small size hot spot of lasing beam diameter.Based on this detection method, the structure composition of laser detector provided by the invention mainly comprises: laser instrument is fixed compressing tablet (1), laser instrument back up pad (2), web joint (3), Amici prism fixed frame (4), aspheric mirror lens barrel (5), Amici prism pressing plate (6), prime amplifier and PSD fixed head (7), two-dimensional adjustment platform A, B(8, 9), two-dimensional adjustment platform fixed mount (10), AFM probe carriage (11) and base plate (13), can also comprise probe carriage fixed head (12), the M3 fillet of screw (14) and two probe carriage fixation spring tabs (15).Laser instrument is fixed compressing tablet (1) and is connected with laser instrument back up pad (2), for fixed laser; Amici prism fixed mount (4) is connected with Amici prism pressing plate (6), for fixing Amici prism; It is upper that aspheric mirror lens barrel (5) and Amici prism fixed mount (4) are fixed on web joint (3) together, then this web joint (3) is fixed on to a two-dimensional adjustment platform A(8) on.Prime amplifier and PSD fixed head (7) are at another two-dimensional adjustment platform B(9) on, again this two-dimensional adjustment platform B(9) be fixed on the two-dimensional adjustment platform fixed mount (10) in left side described two-dimensional adjustment platform A(8) and two-dimensional adjustment platform B(9) be all fixed on base plate (13).High speed atomic force scan-probe frame fixed head is fixed on base plate (13).
The invention has the advantages that:
(1) adopt pick-up unit provided by the invention, obtain laser spot size little, can reach in 16 μ m, reduce 50% left and right than laser beam spot;
(2) whole pick-up unit provided by the invention can be arranged on existing atomic force microscope, for the imaging of high speed atomic force microscopy;
(3) simple, with low cost, the good operating stability of structure of the detecting device of the present invention;
(4) pick-up unit provided by the invention has the features such as easy, use is simple, antijamming capability is strong that regulate, can be for atomic force microscopy high speed imaging.
Brief description of the drawings
The conventional atomic force microscope probe of Fig. 1 detects light path principle figure;
The light path principle figure of Fig. 2 detection method of the present invention;
Fig. 3 of the present invention coaxial-symmetrical expression laser detector structural drawing;
In figure:
1 ', laser instrument; 2 ', probe; 3 ', PSD(position-sensitivity detector);
1 〞, laser instrument; 2 〞, Amici prism A; 3 〞 Amici prism B; 4 〞, aspheric mirror; 5 〞, probe;
6〞、PSD;
1, the fixing compressing tablet of laser instrument; 2, laser instrument back up pad; 3, web joint; 4, Amici prism fixed frame;
5, aspheric mirror lens barrel (upper and lower two parts); 6, Amici prism pressing plate; 7, prime amplifier and PSD fixed head;
8, two-dimensional adjustment platform A; 9, two-dimensional adjustment platform B; 10, two-dimensional adjustment platform fixed head; 11, probe carriage;
12, probe carriage fixed head; 13, base plate; 14, the M3 fillet of screw; 15, probe carriage fixation spring tab.
Embodiment
Below in conjunction with drawings and Examples, the present invention is described in further detail;
The invention provides a kind of laser detecting method for high speed atomic force microscope, described method is: the laser beam of being launched by laser instrument 1 〞, after laser instrument collimating mirror collimation, is parallel to primary optical axis and focuses on probe 5 〞 surfaces through aspheric mirror 4 〞; Again pass through aspheric mirror 4 〞 through the light beam of probe 5 〞 surface reflections, reflex on position-sensitivity detector 6 〞.
Described method can also adopt following mode, as shown in Figure 2, carry out coaxial-symmetrical expression laser detection: the horizontal laser beam of being launched by laser instrument 1 〞, after laser instrument collimating mirror collimation, incide on Amici prism A2 〞, after Amici prism A2 〞 reflection, be parallel to primary optical axis and incide downwards in aspheric mirror 4 〞, focus on probe 5 〞 surfaces through aspheric mirror 4 〞; Again pass through aspheric mirror 4 〞 through the light beam of probe 5 〞 surface reflections, be finally irradiated on position-sensitivity detector 6 〞 through another Amici prism B3 〞 reflection.In above-mentioned detection method, the line of the optical receiver point of described position-sensitivity detector 6 〞 and the light launching site of laser instrument 1 〞 is horizontal line, and the reflection ray that described position-sensitivity detector 6 〞 receive and the emergent ray of laser instrument 1 〞 are coaxial.
Based on above-mentioned laser detecting method, the present invention also provide a kind of coaxial-symmetrical expression laser detector, as shown in Figure 3, described pick-up unit comprises the fixing compressing tablet 1 of laser instrument and laser instrument back up pad 2, web joint 3, Amici prism fixed frame 4 and Amici prism pressing plate 6, aspheric mirror lens barrel 5, prime amplifier and PSD fixed head 7, two-dimensional adjustment platform A8 and two-dimensional adjustment platform B9, two-dimensional adjustment platform fixed head 10, probe carriage 11 and base plate 13, also comprises probe carriage fixed head 12, the M3 fillet of screw 14 and probe carriage fixation spring tab 15.Described coaxial-the concrete annexation of symmetrical expression laser detector is as follows:
Laser instrument 1 〞 is placed in laser instrument back up pad 2, and is fixed with the fixing compressing tablet 1 of laser instrument, for generation of horizontal laser beam; Described laser instrument back up pad 2 is fixed on web joint 3; Amici prism A2 〞 and Amici prism B3 〞 are placed in the Amici prism fixed frame 4 of horizontal laser light beam-emergence direction, are fixed with Amici prism pressing plate 6, and described Amici prism fixed frame 4 is also fixed on web joint 3; Aspheric mirror 4 〞 place and are fixed on the latter half of aspheric mirror lens barrel 5, and the first half of aspheric mirror lens barrel 5 is fixed on the below of web joint 3, and upper and lower two parts of aspheric mirror lens barrel 5 by screw thread couple together; The distance of photocentre distance probes 5 〞 of aspheric mirror 4 〞 of described aspheric mirror lens barrel 5 inside is one times of focal length of aspheric mirror 4 〞.Web joint 3 use M2 screws are fixed on above two-dimensional adjustment platform A8, and described two-dimensional adjustment platform A8 can realize the position adjustments of web joint 3 and parts fixed thereon in surface level, as regulated the position of laser facula on probe 5 〞 cantilevers; Left side prime amplifier and PSD fixed head 7 are fixed on two-dimensional adjustment platform B9, described two-dimensional adjustment platform B9 can realize the prime amplifier on prime amplifier and PSD fixed head 7 and the adjusting of PSD in perpendicular, make to reflect laser and just drop on the center of PSD, realize scanning and the imaging of high speed atomic force microscope.Two-dimensional adjustment platform B9 is fixed on two-dimensional adjustment platform fixed head 10, and two-dimensional adjustment platform fixed head 10 is fixed on the left end of base plate 13 by M3 screw; Two-dimensional adjustment platform A8 is fixed on the right-hand member of base plate 13; AFM probe is placed on probe carriage 11, and ensure AFM probe be positioned at aspheric mirror lens barrel 5 under; Probe carriage 11 is fixed on probe carriage fixed head 12, and probe carriage fixed head 12 is connected on base plate 13 by probe carriage fixation spring tab 15.Described probe carriage fixed head 12 with probe carriage 11 for being fixedly connected with, in the time that needs are changed probe, only probe carriage fixed head 12 need to be removed to replacing, therefore, be that realize by probe carriage fixation spring tab 15 detachable is connected between described probe carriage fixed head 12 and base plate 13.Two-dimensional adjustment platform A8 is for regulating in the horizontal direction the position of laser facula; The adjusting of aspheric mirror focal length is to realize by changing the upper and lower two-part coupled threads of aspheric mirror lens barrel 5; Two-dimensional adjustment platform B9 in the vertical direction regulates the position of prime amplifier and position-sensitivity detector PSD6 〞, regulates the position of laser facula on PSD6 〞.
embodiment:
Whole high speed atomic force microscope is coaxial-and the length of symmetrical expression laser detector is that 122mm, width are 90mm, are highly 72mm.The laser instrument length that this device uses is 47mm, and wherein, front end collimating part length is 18mm, diameter 17mm, and rear end length is 29mm, diameter 15mm.Amici prism A2 〞 and Amici prism B3 〞 are cube shaped, and length is 12.7mm, and reflection, transmittance are 1:1.Aspheric mirror 4 〞 models are the AL1815-A of Thorlabs company, and its diameter is 18mm, effective focal length 15mm, and numerical aperture NA is 0.534.The fixing compressing tablet 1 of laser instrument is fixed in laser instrument back up pad 2 by M3 screw; Laser instrument back up pad 2 is fixed on web joint 3 by two M2.5 screws; The length of Amici prism A2 〞 and Amici prism B3 〞 and the wide 30mm that is, be highly 18mm, and wherein Amici prism fixed frame 4 intermediate groove length are 28mm, and width is 14.8mm, and the degree of depth is 13mm.Two Amici prism A2 〞 two faces adjacent with Amici prism B3 〞, with black belt, prevent influencing each other of light; Two Amici prism A2 〞 and Amici prism B3 〞 both sides are all fixed on two thickness and are about on the hard plastic board of 1mm, and its mutual spacing is about 1mm, to use CCD(charge-coupled image sensor in the time carrying out optical path adjusting) observe.Amici prism pressing plate 6 is fixed convex lens above, in the time of optical path adjusting, coordinates CCD to observe.After two Amici prism A2 〞 and Amici prism B3 〞 fix, put into Amici prism fixed frame 4, then use M3 screw that Amici prism pressing plate 6 is fixed on Amici prism fixed frame 4.Aspheric mirror lens barrel 5 upper part length are 12mm, and intermediate throughholes diameter is 18mm.Wherein, band male thread portion length is 6mm, and internal diameter is 18mm, and external diameter is 23mm; Threaded section length is not 6mm, internal diameter 18mm, and external diameter is 25mm.Aspheric mirror lens barrel 5 end portion length are 14mm, external diameter 26mm.Wherein, band female thread portion internal diameter is 23mm, and length is 10mm, and fixing aspheric mirror 4 〞 part internal diameters are 18mm, and length is 3mm.After aspheric mirror lens barrel 5 end portions are threaded with upper part, adopt the M3 fillet of screw 14 to carry out reverse thread to the threaded portion of upper part and screw, in order to the relative position between fixing aspheric mirror lens barrel 5 end portions and upper part.The described M3 fillet of screw 14 length are 3mm, and external diameter is 26mm, and internal diameter is 23mm.Aspheric mirror 4 〞 are put into aspheric mirror lens barrel 5 end portions, aspheric mirror lens barrel 5 end portions are inner with M3 screw thread, by the fillet of screw, aspheric mirror 4 〞 are fixed, then, then further fix with the M3 fillet of screw 14 by upper and lower aspheric mirror lens barrel 5 two parts by M3 screw thread couple together.Amici prism framework 4, web joint 3 and aspheric mirror lens barrel 5 are fixed together with M3 screw.Left side prime amplifier and PSD fixed head 7 are fixed on two-dimensional adjustment platform B9 by two M2.5 screws, be used for receiving reflection laser, then with the screw of 4 M2.5, two-dimensional adjustment platform B9 is fixed on two-dimensional adjustment platform fixed head 10, finally two-dimensional adjustment platform fixed head 10 is fixed on base plate 13.With 4 M2.5 screws, web joint 3 is fixed to two-dimensional adjustment platform A8 upper, then two-dimensional adjustment platform A8 is fixed on base plate 13.Probe carriage 11 is fixed on probe carriage fixed head 12 with the screw of M2, and with two probe carriage fixation spring tabs 15 on base plate 13 by detachable probe carriage fixed head 12 being connected on base plate 13.The material of all parts is metallic aluminium.
In instrument regulation process, first open laser instrument, open CCD, regulate the position of CCD, until observe micro-cantilever.Regulate two-dimensional adjustment platform A8, laser facula is incided on micro-cantilever, then regulate the collimating part of laser instrument front end, regulate the collimation of shoot laser.Meanwhile, rotate aspheric mirror lens barrel 5 end portions, regulate the focus of aspheric mirror 4 〞, its focus is just dropped on micro-cantilever.In whole scanning process, regulate in real time two-dimensional adjustment platform A8, keep Laser Focusing point to drop on all the time on micro-cantilever.After optical path adjusting is good, it is circular that left end can observe the laser facula that incides PSD.Utilize the M3 fillet of screw 14 that upper and lower aspheric mirror lens barrel 5 two parts are fixed.After optical path adjusting is good, regulate two-dimensional adjustment platform B9, make outgoing laser facula just drop on the center of PSD.After this device is regulated, coordinate the piezoelectric ceramic tube of afm scan device, can realize scanning and the imaging of high speed atomic force microscope.Aforesaid way regulates the spot size obtaining to be less than 16 μ m.
In described pick-up unit, laser instrument and PSD lay respectively at the both sides of the primary optical axis of aspheric mirror 4 〞, and the collimation laser line sending in described laser instrument, with PSD receive reflection ray on same horizontal line, ensure that laser rays is coaxial and symmetrical, the pick-up unit forming like this, also referred to as coaxial-symmetrical expression pick-up unit, is conducive to layout and the layout of pick-up unit, and the vibration that can reduce to the full extent in scanning process may be on the impact of the precision of pick-up unit.
For described pick-up unit, laser instrument wherein and PSD can lay respectively at the top of Amici prism fixed frame 4, now can not adopt Amici prism, the laser of laser instrument transmitting after collimation directly the direction with the primary optical axis that is parallel to aspheric mirror incide on aspheric mirror, after aspheric mirror two lateral reflections, PSD receives flare.
For described pick-up unit, probe is in the position of probe carriage 11, at surface level 15 degree that tilt.Therefore, web joint 3 left part, the part being connected with Amici prism, axially be rotated counterclockwise 15 degree along incident laser, there is the inclination of 15 degree with surface level, to ensure that incident laser light beam is mutually vertical with cantilever in the axial direction, and then ensure to be irradiated to laser facula on cantilever for circular.