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fine approach using the piezo motor

Push the Approach button in the approach panel. The sample now approaches the tip continuously in small steps until a tunneling current is detected by the feedback loop. This step will take some time. It depends on how well the pre-adjustment using the coarse approach was performed. Do not be impatient! If the approach is successful, a dialogbox Approach done appears and the LED turns green.



Norbert Weiher 2001-05-22