The MCL-NSOM is a fully operational near field scanning optical microscope. It has been built on Mad City Labs versatile RM21™ inverted optical microscope which allows users to convert between NSOM, SPM, and fluorescence optical microscopy techniques.

Complete inverted optical microscope

Six axes of motorized control

Closed loop nanopositioning in XYZ

Independent automation for fiber alignment to optical axis

Alignment camera and detection APD included

Software included

The data above were taken with a tuning fork with etched Tungsten tip (left) and tuning fork with attached single mode fiber (right). Mad City Labs offers quartz crystal tuning forks for scanning probe microscopy applications such as atomic force microscopy (AFM) and near-field scanning optical microscopy (NSOM). Each tuning fork has two electrical leads for connection to a driving oscillator such as the Mad City Labs MadPLL® instant AFM and nanoprobe instrumentation. Our tuning forks are shipped to you conveniently ready to use – “out of the can” – with the typical cylindrical housing removed. Available in two sizes: medium and large.