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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2015
Applicant:
Angstrom Science, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Andrew Norman Erickson, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Stephen Bradley Ippolito, Saint Petersburg, FL (US);
Kyle Alfred Hofstatter, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Angstrom Science, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01Q 20/02 (2010.01); G01Q 60/24 (2010.01); G01Q 60/38 (2010.01); G02B 6/255 (2006.01); G02B 6/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01Q 20/02 (2013.01); G01Q 60/24 (2013.01); G01Q 60/38 (2013.01); G02B 6/2551 (2013.01); G02B 6/262 (2013.01);
Abstract
A SPM head incorporates a probe and a cantilever on which the probe is mounted. The cantilever has a planar reflecting surface proximate a free end of the cantilever. The cantilever extends from a mechanical mount and a single-mode optical fiber is supported by the mechanical mount to provide a beam axis at an angle away from normal relative to the reflecting surface.