Method for making flexible transducers for use with photon tunne

Details Method for making flexible transducers for use with photon tunne Method for making flexible transducers for use with photon tunne

1994-05-20

1996-01-16

Vargot, Mathieu D.

Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: processes

Optical article shaping or treating

Optical fiber, waveguide, or preform

264 138, 264292, 264293, 264299, 427162, B29D 1100

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ABSTRACT:
A method for making flexible transducers for use with photon tunneling microscopes includes the steps of providing an optically smooth substrate made of a rigid material such as float glass or polished silicon. The surface of the substrate is covered with a transparent, curable material approximately ten micrometers or more in thickness. The material, which is preferably a collodion solution in amyl acetate or a UV curable polymer, is peeled from the substrate after solidifying to provide it with sufficient flexibility to conform to the macrotopography of a sample surface without conforming to its microtopography and stiffness to provide a substantially flat surface over an area of the planar front surface of the hemispherical objective lens corresponding to the field of view of the microscope.

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IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, vol. 6, No. 12, May 1964.

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