Controlling made easy

The ScanDirector provides a user-friendly Windows based operating environment to control the ScanEngine, which is a crash-safe real-time system that controls feedback loops and scans. Direct access and maximum visibility of all signals and parameters allow full control, and yet the user interface is kept simple and clear. Color coding of fields helps to direct the user’s attention to important parameters.

The main window contains the three feedback controls „z-Control“, „Amplitude Control“, and „Phase-locked Loop“, which can be configured for any common static or dynamic AFM mode plus true non-contact mode and high-resolution MFM mode.

A „Frequency Sweep“ window demonstrates the high quality factor of the cantilever in vacuum. The resonance peak at 40949.4 Hz has a width of 1.5 Hz, resulting in a Q-factor of 27000.

In the „Small Top Views“ window a forward and backward scan of a 1 µm × 1 µm area of a harddisk test pattern is shown. The measurement was carried out in high-resolution MFM mode.

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