Abstract
We discuss the influence of external forces on the motion of the tip in dynamic atomic force microscopy (AFM). First, a compact solution for the steady-state problem is derived employing a Fourier approach. Founding on this solution, we present an analytical framework to describe the transient behavior of the tip after perturbations of tip–sample forces and the excitation signal. The static and transient solutions are then combined to obtain the baseband response of the tip, i.e., the deflection signal demodulated with respect to the excitation. The baseband response generalizes the amplitude and phase response of the tip, and we use it to find explicit formulas describing the amplitude and phase modulation following the influence of external forces on the tip. Finally, we apply our results to obtain an accurate dynamic model of the amplitude controller and phase-locked loop driving the cantilever in a frequency modulated AFM setup. A special emphasis is put on discussing the tip response in environments of high damping, such as ambient or liquid.
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