Nonlinear dynamic behavior of an oscillating tip-microlever system and contrast at the atomic scale

Authors
Aime, JP Boisgard, R Nony, L Couturier, G
Citation
Jp. Aime et al., Nonlinear dynamic behavior of an oscillating tip-microlever system and contrast at the atomic scale, PHYS REV L, 82(17), 1999, pp. 3388-3391
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
ISSN journal
00319007 → ACNP
Volume
82
Issue
17
Year of publication
1999
Pages
3388 - 3391
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(19990426)82:17<3388:NDBOAO>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
In this paper the dynamic behavior of an oscillating tip-microlever system at the proximity of a surface is discussed. We show that the nonlinear beha vior of the oscillator is able to explain the high sensitivity of the oscil lating tip microlever and the observed shifts of the resonance frequency as a function of the tip surface distance without the need of introducing a p articular short range force.