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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2015
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Arthur W. Ellis, Pleasantville, NY (US);
Richard A. Haight, Mahopac, NY (US);
James B. Hannon, Lake Lincolndale, NY (US);
Rudolf M. Tromp, North Salem, NY (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A force detector and method for using the same includes a movable lens having a spherical surface; a cantilever below the movable lens; a laser above the movable lens configured to emit a beam of light through the movable lens, such that light reflects from the spherical surface and the cantilever; a camera configured to capture images of interference rings produced by the light reflected from the spherical surface and the light reflected from the cantilever; and a processor configured to determine a force between the movable lens and the cantilever based on a change in phase of the interference rings.