Experimental procedures for precision measurements of the Casimir force with an atomic force microscope

作者: Hsiang-Chih Chiu , Chia-Cheng Chang , R Castillo-Garza , F Chen , U Mohideen

DOI: 10.1088/1751-8113/41/16/164022

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摘要: Experimental methods and procedures required for precision measurements of the Casimir force are presented. In particular, best practices obtaining stable cantilevers, calibration cantilever, correction thermal mechanical drift, measuring contact separation, sphere radius roughness discussed.

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