Cypher SPM
User Guide
When you launched the
software you opened an Igor Pro “Experiment” in
which extra software specific to the operation of the AFM has been loaded. An Igor pro experiment
is the file that saves the state of Igor Pro.
Figure 1.3: Typical start-up screen for the Asylum Research SPM Software. A few image panels have
been cut off in this figure. Usually they are found across the second monitor of your system.
Refer to the screen shot in
as we introduce the various controls and data displays. We'll go
clockwise from the upper left. (Note that if you are viewing this file on a computer, you can zoom in
on the screen shot for further scrutiny.)
Master Panel
Upper left hand window (Ctrl + 5). It has five tabs with controls and data displays for:
Image
AFM imaging, see
Thermal
Cantilever thermal spectroscopy.
Force
Cantilever force versus distance curves.
Tune
Cantilever vibrational tuning, see
Fmap
Maps of force versus distance curves.
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