CN1175297C - Observation microscope for scanning probe microscope device - Google Patents
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An observation microscope for a scanning probe microscope device comprises a coarse focusing mechanism consisting of a pressure spring sleeved in a movable sleeve on a fixed upright post on a base. The casing for holding the movable projection objective is movably connected with the casing to form a fine focusing mechanism. A projection objective lens group composed of a stationary projection objective lens and a movable projection objective lens is disposed in a housing which is disposed on the top of a movable sleeve and pressed against the pressure spring. The light-emitting center of the light source is placed at the focal point of the stationary projection objective. The focus of the beam reflected by the immobile projection objective through the semi-reflecting and semi-transmitting light splitting plate is on the object plane of the common microscope objective. The observation microscope of the invention meets the requirements of the scanning probe microscope device on the observation microscope, has longer working distance, larger numerical aperture, simple focusing mechanism and convenient operation, and can accurately and conveniently observe the probe point on the head of the scanning probe microscope device.
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Technical field:
The present invention is a kind of viewing microscope that is used on the scanning probe microscope equipment (being designated hereinafter simply as SPM).The main SPM that is suitable for is meant and utilizes the optical lever principle to survey the SPM that needle point rises and falls.
Background technology:
SPM is typically equipped with a viewing microscope when offering the user, it has played selection sample measurement zone, observes and surveys approaching of needle point, monitors the effect of SPM operation.This almost is indispensable equipment in the middle of the great majority of SPM are used, because the sweep limit of SPM is very little, is generally less than 10 μ m, if there is not the help of viewing microscope, surveys needle point and just is difficult to be positioned the zone that will measure; Simultaneously, if there is not the help of viewing microscope, visit spatter needle point very easily approach with the SPM operational process in damage.The viewing microscope that is used on the SPM relatively has many specific (special) requirements with general microscope: 1, as the independent instrument that cooperates with SPM, require object lens operating distance long (generally greater than 50mm), not hinder the operation of SPM head.2, numerical aperture of objective is big, so that light is not all covered by the catoptron in the SPM head.3, the reflective illumination of light path altogether, light intensity is variable, and structure and job requirement main and the SPM head (are selected the sample measurement zone, when approaching of needle point surveyed in observation, can be adopted stronger light, so that improve the quality of image; Need more weak light when monitoring the SPM operation, so that do not introduce noise) relevant.4, adopt charge-coupled device (CCD) as detector and monitor, the convenient observation is convenient to also that SPM is dustproof separately, Temperature and Humidity Control.5, be easy to adjust, rough focusing (so that the loading and unloading of SPM head) and accurate adjustment focusing mechanism (numerical aperture of objective is big, thereby depth of focus is short) are arranged.Formerly there is not a kind of microscope can satisfy above-mentioned all requirements in the technology.Formerly the simple microscope in the technology does not have so big operating distance (referring to " optical technology handbook, king Zhijiang River chief editor, volume two, China Machine Press, Beijing, 1994, the 3rd chapter<magnifier and microscope 〉, 3<microscopical basic structure 〉, 3.2<object lens and tube lens 〉, p646~648).Though formerly the stereomicroscope in the technology has bigger operating distance, but numerical aperture is less, and is to adopt the non-indirect illumination structure of light path altogether (referring to " optical technology handbook, king Zhijiang River chief editor, volume two, China Machine Press, Beijing, 1994, the 3rd chapter<magnifier and microscope 〉, 4<various microscopy devices and microscope thereof 〉, 4.9<stereomicroscope〉and, p657~658).
Summary of the invention:
Be used for the viewing microscope on the scanning probe microscope equipment, comprise: base 1 is arranged, place the scanning probe microscope equipment head 13 that band probe tip 1301 is arranged on the base 1; Casing 7 is arranged, and casing 7 is built-in with light source 9, is equipped with common microcobjective 8 and receiving plane 601 and is seated in common microcobjective 8 image planes o " on camera 6; Be fixed on motionless column 2 is arranged on the base 1, be with movable sleeve 5 on the top of motionless column 2, pack at movable sleeve 5 on the position of motionless column 2 screw 501 is arranged, pack into the gathering sill 201 that depression is arranged on the position of movable sleeve 5 facing to the screw 501 of movable sleeve 5 at motionless column 2, this gathering sill 201 is to be axially disposed within the lip-deep of this motionless column 2 along motionless column 2, have lock-screw 3 precessions in the screw 501 of movable sleeve 5 to reach in the gathering sill 201 on the motionless column 2, movable sleeve 5 is built-in with stage clip 4; Said casing 7 places on movable sleeve 5 tops and is pressed on the stage clip 4; Motionless projection objective 11 is arranged in casing 7, the luminescent center o of light source 9 places on the focus of motionless projection objective 11, the movable projection objective 1201 that has with motionless projection objective 11 formation projection objective groups, movable projection objective 1201 places in the overcoat 12 that flexibly connects with casing 7, the focus o of movable projection objective 1201
1Be positioned on the probe tip 1301 on the scanning probe microscope equipment head 13; Between light source 9 and motionless projection objective 11, with the central optical axis oo of motionless projection objective 11 and movable projection objective 1201
1The central point o ' that put at angle at 45 is at central optical axis oo
1On half-reflection and half-transmission beam-splitter 10; Central optical axis o ' the o of said common microcobjective 8 " pass half-reflection and half-transmission beam-splitter 10 central point o ' and perpendicular to the central optical axis oo of motionless projection objective 11 and movable projection objective 1201
1, motionless projection objective 11 is on the object plane A of focus at common microcobjective 8 of half-reflection and half-transmission beam-splitter 10 reflections.
The aforesaid viewing microscope that is used on the SPM of the present invention be we can say to comprise three parts, the micro-head part of base and scan-probe, rough focusing holder part and micro-amplifier section.
The micro-head part of base and scan-probe: comprise base 1 and the scanning probe microscope equipment head 13 that places on the base 1, scanning probe microscope equipment head 13 tops are fixed with probe tip 1301.
Rough focusing holder part: comprise the motionless column 2 that is fixed on the base 1, be with movable sleeve 5 coaxially on the top of motionless column 2, in the movable sleeve 5 stage clip 4 is arranged, movable sleeve 5 entangles on the wall of motionless column 2 screw 501, there is lock-screw 3 to reach in the gathering sill 201 of motionless column 2 by precession in the screw on movable sleeve 5 walls 501, can slide up and down in the gathering sill 201 of lock-screw 3 on motionless column 2, it is flexible along the direction of motionless column 2 axis that therefore movable sleeve 5 entangles outside, motionless column 2 upper end, but can not rotate, when being transferred to the height that needs by movable sleeve 5 on lock-screw 3 further precessions in the screw 501, withstand on the motionless column 2, then can make the movable sleeve 5 and the relative position of motionless column 2 fix (i.e. locking).
Micro-amplifier section: comprise casing 7, casing 7 is put on the top of above-mentioned movable sleeve 5 and is pressed on the stage clip 4, being fixed on has a light source 9 in the casing 7, the half-reflection and half-transmission beam-splitter 10 that is equipped with on the direction that light source 9 emitted light beams G advance, the line of the center o ' of the launching centre o of light source 9 and the light splitting surface of half-reflection and half-transmission beam-splitter 10 constitutes central optical axis oo
1, central optical axis oo
1With the parallel axes of motionless column 2, the light splitting surface of half-reflection and half-transmission beam-splitter 10 and central optical axis oo
1Place at angle at 45.Seeing through on the transmitted light beam working direction of half-reflection and half-transmission beam-splitter 10, the axis of symmetry is positioned at central optical axis oo
1On, the motionless projection objective 11 that is equipped with successively, place the movable projection objective 1201 in the overcoat 12, the luminescent center o of light source 9 is positioned on the focus of motionless projection objective 11, become directional light by light source 9 emitted light beams through behind the motionless projection objective 11, see through the focus o of movable projection objective 1201 backs again at movable projection objective 1201
1The place is converged to a bit this focus o
1The place is the probe tip 121 of scanning probe microscope equipment head 13 internal fixation just, pass through the transmission of movable projection objective 1201 and motionless projection objective 11 again by probe tip 1301 beam reflected, incide on the half-reflection and half-transmission beam-splitter 10, by the light splitting surface reflected light of half-reflection and half-transmission beam-splitter 10 enter the light splitting surface by half-reflection and half-transmission beam-splitter 10 central point o ' and with central optical axis oo
1Vertical optical axis o ' o " on simple microscope object lens 8, inject again on the receiving plane 601 in the camera 6.The object plane A of simple microscope object lens 8 is positioned on the focus of motionless projection objective 11.And receiving plane 601 is positioned at the image planes o of simple microscope object lens 8 " on.Light beam is on the object plane A of light splitting surface reflection post-concentration at simple microscope object lens 8 of half-reflection and half-transmission beam-splitter 10, process simple microscope object lens 8 post-concentrations are on receiving plane 601, also just say, probe tip 1301 by movable projection objective 1201 and motionless projection objective 11 transmission and the light splitting surface catoptric imaging of half-reflection and half-transmission beam-splitter 10 on the object plane A of simple microscope object lens 8, be imaged on through simple microscope object lens 8 on the receiving plane 601 of camera 6, so that observe.Half-reflection and half-transmission beam-splitter 10, motionless projection objective 11, simple microscope object lens 8 and camera 6 all are fixed in the casing 7; The overcoat 12 of putting movable projection objective 1201 is to be threaded or the bayonet socket connection with being connected of casing 7 shells.Movable projection objective 1201 is contained in the overcoat 12 coaxially, if overcoat 12 is to be threaded with casing 7, then outside the overcoat 12 fine thread is arranged, cooperate with the corresponding screw of casing 7 shells, that is to say, along with the spinning in and out of overcoat 12, but rotation edge, movable projection objective 1201 limits central optical axis oo
1Move, realize accurate adjustment Jiao,, just movably in the scope,, guarantee that probe tip 1301 is positioned at the focus o of movable projection objective 1201 by moving movable projection objective 1201 at movable projection objective 1201 then at overcoat 12 movably in the scope
1On.As shown in Figure 1.
Said half-reflection and half-transmission beam-splitter 10 is that being coated with light source 9 emitted light beams reflectivity on the surface is 50%, and transmissivity is the glass parallel flat of 50% transflective film.The light splitting surface of said half-reflection and half-transmission beam-splitter 10 is exactly the surface that is coated with transflective film.
The aforesaid structure of microscope of the present invention.When observing probe tip 1301, at first unclamp lock-screw 3, make casing 7 and movable sleeve 5 rely on the elasticity nature of stage clip 4 away from base 1, because the two ends of depression are the effects of the gathering sill 201 of sealing, movable sleeve 5 can not leave motionless column 2 fully, and some is enclosed within outside the motionless column 2 movable sleeve 5 all the time.After light source 9 emitted light beams G see through half-reflection and half-transmission beam-splitter 10, successively through the transmission post-concentration of motionless projection objective 11 and movable projection objective 1201 in the focus o of movable projection objective 1201
1On.Motion scan probe microscope equipment head 13 on base 1 makes the probe tip 1301 in the scanning probe microscope equipment head 13 be positioned at central optical axis oo
1Near, that is to say near the spot center that is positioned at after movable projection objective 1201 is assembled.Impose the external force of (consistent) downwards for casing 7, casing 7 is moved gradually to base 1 direction, when the hot spot at probe tip 1301 places hour stops to move, and lock lock-screw 3 with gravity direction.This moment, casing 7 and movable sleeve 5 just were completely fixed with the relative position of motionless column 2 and base 1, had guaranteed that probe tip 1301 is positioned at the focus o of movable projection objective 1201
1Near, realized rough focusing.Light by probe tip 1301 reflections, behind movable projection objective 1201 and motionless projection objective 11, become the picture of probe tip 1301 amplifications near the receiving planes 601 at camera 6 after half-reflection and half-transmission beam-splitter 10 beam reflected are through simple microscope object lens 8 successively.The overcoat 12 of rotating and projection object lens movable group 1201 makes rotation edge, movable projection objective 1201 limits central optical axis oo
1Move, at this moment the image position of amplifying up to probe tip 1301 can see the picture of probe tip 1301 clearly on the receiving plane 601 of camera 6, just realized accurate adjustment Jiao.If the picture of probe tip 1301 is not optical axis o ' o in the central authorities of image " on, can on base 1, continue motion scan probe microscope equipment head 13, make the probe tip 1301 in the scanning probe microscope equipment head 13 be positioned at central optical axis oo
1On, the picture of probe tip 1301 will be positioned at the central authorities of image at this moment.
Advantage of the present invention: compare with technology formerly, rough focusing at first of the present invention and accurate adjustment focusing mechanism are very simple, adopt above-mentioned rough focusing mechanism, when changing sample or probe tip 1301 and need the SPM head removed, only need unclamp lock-screw 3, according to elasticity, casing 7 is upspring drives movable projection objective 1201 away from the SPM head, and this is swift in motion and safety.Casing 7 is because stage clip 4 has enough elastic force can not press to the SPM head in the other direction, and owing to the sealing gathering sill 201 that caves in, casing 7 can not eject again.Because of SPM requires this microscope bigger numerical aperture is arranged, so that light is not covered fully by the catoptron in the SPM head, therefore this microscopical depth of focus just can not be very long, and the accurate adjustment focusing mechanism needs, and the mechanism that microscopical overcoat 12 can spinning in and out can meet the demands fully.Secondly optical system is very simple, projection objective group (comprising motionless projection objective 11 and movable projection objective 1201) can be that enlargement ratio is-1 projection objective, like this, motionless projection objective 11 and movable projection objective 1201 can adopt identical lens combination, and processing cost has lowered; Zoom function of the present invention is born by simple microscope object lens 8, changes simple microscope object lens 8, can obtain different enlargement factors, and the flexible and low price of the system that guaranteed like this is because the price of simple microscope object lens 8 is very cheap.Generally speaking, the adding of projection objective group is this microscopical key, it reached the simple microscope object lens the combination of inaccessiable long reach and large-numerical aperture, realized accurate adjustment Jiao's function (between movable projection objective 1201 and the motionless projection objective 11 is parallel light path), illuminating bundle also more easily adds (without any need for special lighting lens group or lens from the projection objective group simultaneously, it is the critical illumination mode, and be convenient to judge the position of rough focusing, that is to say, when the hot spot at probe tip 1301 places a hour rough focusing process just can be through with).Because not general microscopical any redundancy function accomplishes to realize extremely simply it easily, and can make it have the outward appearance of harmony when working together with SPM.At pure imaging optical path (from half-reflection and half-transmission beam-splitter 10, see through the receiving plane 601 of simple microscope object lens 8 up to camera 6) any airspace in or can add one or several optical filter or filter coating on any surface, to weaken the laser beam that enters camera 6, avoid to seeing that simultaneously laser spot and probe tip 1301 on the probe tip 1301 itself make the illumination light intensity strengthen (stronger illuminating bundle can exert an influence to SPM work) from the SPM head.
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Fig. 1 is the viewing microscope structural representation that is used on the scanning probe microscope equipment of the present invention.
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As shown in Figure 1.Light source 9 adopts the plain lamp of the Lu of 15W.The enlargement ratio of projection objective group (comprising movable projection objective 1201 and motionless projection objective 11) is-1, operating distance 50mm, numerical aperture 0.25, movable projection objective 1201 and motionless projection objective 11 all adopt identical two gummed eyeglasses, focal distance f=56mm, symmetry is placed.Simple microscope object lens 8 adopt common 10 times of metallography microscope endoscope objective lenses.Camera 6 is 1/4 " colored charge-coupled device (CCD) camera.Till observing probe tip 1301 and can see clearly image by above-mentioned adjustment process, resolution is better than 2 μ m.Concrete enforcement when of the present invention, used production cost is very low, when supporting, harmonious outward appearance is arranged with scanning probe microscope equipment, reaches some above-mentioned requirement fully.
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1. viewing microscope that is used on the scanning probe microscope equipment comprises:
<1〉base (1), placing has the scanning probe microscope equipment head of band probe tip (1301) (13) on the base (1);
<2〉casing (7) is arranged, casing (7) is built-in with light source (9), is equipped with common microcobjective (8) and receiving plane (601) and is seated in common microcobjective (8) image planes (camera (6) on the o ");
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<3〉be fixed on motionless column (2) is arranged on the base (1), be with movable sleeve (5) on the top of motionless column (2), pack at movable sleeve (5) on the position of motionless column (2) screw (501) is arranged, pack into the gathering sill (201) that depression is arranged on the position of movable sleeve (5) facing to the screw (501) of movable sleeve (5) at motionless column (2), this gathering sill (201) is to be axially disposed within the lip-deep of this motionless column (2) along motionless column (2), have in lock-screw (3) reaches gathering sill (201) on the motionless column (2) from the interior precession of screw (501) of movable sleeve (5), movable sleeve (5) is built-in with stage clip (4);
<4〉said casing (7) places on movable sleeve (5) top and is pressed on the stage clip (4);
<5〉motionless projection objective (11) is arranged in casing (7), the luminescent center (o) of light source (9) places on the focus of motionless projection objective (11), with motionless projection objective (11) constitutes the projection objective group movable projection objective (1201) arranged, movable projection objective (1201) places in the overcoat (12) that flexibly connects with casing (7), the focus (o of movable projection objective (1201)
1) burnt on the probe tip (1301) on the scanning probe microscope equipment head (13);
<6〉between light source (9) and motionless projection objective (11), with the central optical axis (oo of motionless projection objective (11) and movable projection objective (1201)
1) central point (o ') put of angle at 45 is at central optical axis (oo
1) on half-reflection and half-transmission beam-splitter (10);
<7〉central optical axis of said common microcobjective (8) (o ' o ") pass half-reflection and half-transmission beam-splitter (10) central point (o ') and perpendicular to the central optical axis (oo of motionless projection objective (11) and movable projection objective (1201)
1), motionless projection objective (11) is on the object plane (A) of focus in common microcobjective (8) of half-reflection and half-transmission beam-splitter (10) reflection.
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