Abstract
An attractive force microscope using photothermal vibration is presented. A cantilever is vibrated by the optical absorption of a laser beam whose intensity modulation frequency is at resonance frequency, and the vibration is detected by an optical deflection method. The characteristics of the photothermal vibration and the attractive force gradient versus tip-sample distance have been measured with a Ni foil cantilever. Topographic images of digital memory disks made from a polycarbonate and Mg–Al alloy were recorded.
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