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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 26, 2006
Applicants:
Takuya Matsumoto, Kyoto, JP;
Tomoji Kawai, Minoo, JP;
Inventors:
Takuya Matsumoto, Kyoto, JP;
Tomoji Kawai, Minoo, JP;
Assignee:
Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi-shi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 5/28 (2006.01); G21K 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a probe apparatus that intermittently irradiates a sample with excitation light to observe the sample while subjecting a cantilever including a probe arranged to face a surface of the sample to self-excited vibration at a predetermined frequency, the sample is irradiated with the excitation light at a predetermined timing when a distance between the probe and the sample is not greater than a predetermined distance.