NX20 User’s Manual
12-2. Components
Required components for the MFM imaging are shown in the Figure 12-4
Figure 12-4. Required Components
1. Magnetizer
2. Magnetizer Clip
3. Standard Sample (a piece of hard disk)
4. Non magnetic sample holder
5. MFM Cantilevers (coated with magnetic materials such as Co-Cr, FeCoNi).
If you are planning to apply external magnetic field as you take image, magnetic field
generator is also required. Please see section ‘Magnetic Field Generator’ for detailed
information about magnetic field generator.
12-3. Setup.
A. Magnetizing the tip
1. Hold the chip carrier with tweezers. Place the chip carrier on the magnetizer clip
with the chip facing down into rectangular cutout. See Figure 12-5 (a).
2. Slide in the cover of the magnetizer clip with the groove facing up and to the edge
of the magnetizer clip as shown in Figure 12-5 (b). When the cover is closed, the
cantilever chip should be visible through the circular hold of the cover as show in
Figure 12-5 (c).
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