FAST is an add-on electronics control module that can upgrade virtually any scanning probe microscope to video rate imaging and particle tracking, allowing to investigate dynamical processes at surfaces with unprecedented time resolution (US patent n.8726409 B2).
Features:
- imaging rates above 100 fps @ 100x100 pixel, only limited by SNR (preamp bandwidth)
- requires no modification of existing scanner, electronics and software
- thoroughly tested on an Omicron VT and an LT-STM, imaging between 77K and 600K. First positive tests on a SPECS Aarhus STM.
- totally transparent to existing control unit
- seamless switching between the conventional, slow mode and the fast mode
The novelty of FAST is that it requires no modification of the existing scanner hardware, and its operation is totally transparent with respect to the existing electronics and acquisition software: you can keep on using your SPM in the way you always did, and push the imaging rate exactly when you need it by seamlessly switching between the fast and traditional imaging mode.
We are presently extending the capabilities of FAST for fast scanning with AFM.
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