Implementation on a desktop computer of the real time feedback control loop of a scanning probe microscope

Review of Scientific Instruments

Volumn 79, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Aloisi, G ^a   Bacci, F ^a   Carl M ^a   Dolci, D ^a   Lanzi, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCURRENCY CONTROL; FEEDBACK; FEEDBACK CONTROL; REMOTE CONTROL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY;

DATA ACQUISITION BOARDS; FEEDBACK LOOPS; HARDWARE CONFIGURATIONS; OPEN SOURCES; REAL TIMES; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPES; SCANNING PROBES; SOME APPLICATIONS; TIMING PERFORMANCES;

SCANNING;

EID: 57049124205     PISSN: 00346748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2992483     Document Type: Article

References (41)

1. G. Binnig, H. Roher, C. Gerber, and E. Weibel, Phys. Rev. Lett. 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.49.57 49, 57 (1982).
2. G. Binnig, C. F. Quate, and C. Gerber, Phys. Rev. Lett. 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.56.930 56, 930 (1986).
3. G. Meyer and N. M. Amer, Appl. Phys. Lett. 0003-6951 10.1063/1.103950 57, 2089 (1990).
4. R. Matey and J. Blanc, J. Appl. Phys. 0021-8979 10.1063/1.334506 57, 1437 (1985).
5. R. C. Dunn, Chem. Rev. (Washington, D.C.) 0009-2665 10.1021/cr980130e 99, 2891 (1999).
6. L. A. Bottomley, Anal. Chem. 0003-2700 10.1021/a1980011o 70, 425R (1998).
7. I. Horcas, R. Fernadez, J. M. Gomez-Rodiguez, J. Colchero, J. Gomez-Herrero, and A. M. Baro, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 0034-6748 10.1063/1.2432410 78, 013705 (2007).
8. P. Zahl, M. Bierkandt, S. Shroedinger, and A. Klust, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 0034-6748 10.1063/1.1540718 74, 1222 (2003).
9. M. Basso, R. Bucher, M. Romagnoli, and M. Vassalli, Proceedings of the 44th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control and European Control Conference ECC 2005, Seville (Spain), 12-15 December 2005 (unpublished).
10. Y. Kuk and P. J. Silverman, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 0034-6748 10.1063/1.1140457 60, 165 (1989).
11. D. Scholl, M. N. P. Everson, and C. Jaklevic, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 0034-6748 10.1063/1.1143263 63, 4046 (1992).
12. T. M. H. Wong and M. E. Welland, Meas. Sci. Technol. 0957-0233 10.1088/0957-0233/4/3/004 4, 270 (1993).
13. K. H. Kim, S. -K. Eah, B. Lee, C. H. Cho, and W. Jhe, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 0034-6748 10.1063/1.1148195 68, 2783 (1997).
14. B. S. Simpkins and E. T. Yu, J. Appl. Phys. 0021-8979 10.1063/1.1586952 94, 1448 (2003).
15. J. Scheuring, W. Clauss, and D. P. Kern, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 0034-6748 10.1063/1.1149229 69, 4191 (1998).
16. K. J. Bruland, J. L. Garbin, W. M. Dougherty, and J. A. Sidles, J. Appl. Phys. 0021-8979 10.1063/1.367152 83, 3972 (1998).
17. A. Boudreau, B. Paillard, and R. Rowtree, Meas. Sci. Technol. 0957-0233 10.1088/0957-0233/13/10/313 13, 1599 (2002).
18. C. L. Degen, U. Meier, Q. Lin, A. Hunkeler, and B. H. Meier, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 0034-6748 10.1063/1.2183221 77, 043707 (2006).
19. C. A. Bippes, H. Janovjack, A. Kedrov, and D. J. Muller, Nanotechnology 0957-4484 10.1088/0957-4484/18/4/044022 18, 044022 (2007).
20. R. Piner and R. Reinfenberger, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 0034-6748 10.1063/1.1140589 60, 3123 (1989).
21. J. Corbet, A. Rubini, and G. Kroah-Hartman, Linux Device Drivers, (O'Reilly, USA, 2005).
22. See http://www.gnu.org for the full documentation and different GNU General Public License types.
23. See spm.polosci.unifi.it for current homepage of the group and link for download of the software package.
24. See http://www.rtlinuxfree.com for details about OpenRTLinux.
25. See http://www.rtai.org for homepage of the Real Time Application Interface for Linux from Dipartimento di Ingegneria Aerospaziale del Politecnico di Milano.
26. See http://www.intervalzero.com for the Real Time Extensions from Interval Zero Inc.
27. See http://www.mvista.com for Montavista embedded Linux software.
28. See http://www.ni.com for homepage of National Instruments Corporation, 11500 N Mopac Expwy, Austin, TX 78759-3504, USA.
29. See http://www.measurementcomputing.com for Measurement Computing Corporation, 10 Commerce Way, Norton, MA 02766, USA.
30. See http://www.iotech.com for IOtech, 25971 Cannon Road, Cleveland, Ohio 44146, USA.
31. See http://www.tcl.tk for Tool Command Language and Tk GUI Toolkit.
32. See http://www.kernel.org for Linux Kernel Archives.
33. See http://www.debian.org for the Debian GNU/Linux operating system.
34. See, e.g., http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p/id/3466 for a documentation on the PC parallel port, as defined in IEEE 1284.
35. See http://fedoraproject.org for the Fedora Linux-based operating system.
36. G. Aloisi, A. Santucci, M. Carl̀, D. Dolci, and L. Lanzi, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 0034-6748 10.1063/1.2213214 77, 073701 (2006).
37. R. Guckenberger and M. Heim, Science 270, 1851 (1994). 0036-8075
38. F. F. Fan and A. J. Bard, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 96, 142222 (1999). 0027-8424
39. M. Heim, R. Steigerwald, and R. Guckenberger, J. Struct. Biol. 119, 212 (1997). 1047-8477
40. M. Carl̀, L. Lanzi, E. Pallecchi, and G. Aloisi, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 0034-6748 10.1063/1.1641159 75, 497 (2004).
41. D. Dolci, G. Aloisi, L. Lanzi, and M. Carl̀, J. Chem. Phys. 0021-9606 10.1063/1.2754679 127, 074701 (2007).