Introduction: Limits of microscopy, basic techniques, basics of surface physics and UHV, image formation and processing Field Ion Microscopy: basics, atomprobe, imaging atomprobe, application examples.
Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy: The first realisation, the tunnelling process, vibration damping, piezo-electricity, control electronics, examples, image interpretation, applications.
Atomic force microscopy: The basic idea, modes of force detection, modes of operation, mechanisms of the tip sample interaction, examples.
Near-field Optical Microscopy: Overcoming the wavelength limit.
Realisation techniques, applications.
Scanning Probe Microscopy: The local probe method: main types, applications.
High resolution electron microscopy: Transmission and scanning transmission techniques, electron holography, the theory of image formation, resolution limits, HR-image simulation.
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