Profiler: No back scan before scan

Sometimes it can be very useful not to do the backwards movement before starting the actual profile scan. This backwards movement is made for the scanning movement, friction, drag, etc. to be fully stabilized before collecting the actual surface profile data.

When scanning small areas or very close to an edge of the sample it can be very useful to avoid this back-scan.

However the first part of the scan, some micrometers, will be useless because the profiler tip is not in equilibrium when collecting data.

Please remember to reset (un-tick) this function when you are done!

This is done in the following way:

 


Move to the Recipe page, select drop-down menu Recipe -> Diagnostics

 


A window with Diagnostics options pops up

 


Tick the entry Do Not Back Scan Before Scan

Please remember to reset (un-tick) this function when you are done!

Courtesy of Magnus Lindblom, Biox.

Anders Liljeborg Nanostructure Physics, KTH.