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Difference between Low speed and high speed lockin

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T posted on Mon, Dec 6 2010 12:11 PM

Hello there,

I have an Icon microscope and I am doing some piezoelectric force microscopy on some very weakly piezoelectric samples.

I find that I get much better results from the Low speed (LS) lockin compared to the high speed for a given frequency (15 kHz).

This I believe is aside from the gain as I really see nothing with the high speed lockin.

What is the main difference between the two lockins which would contribute to this difference I see?

Thanks

Tim

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Answered (Not Verified) replied on Mon, Dec 6 2010 12:53 PM

Hi Tim,

Could be a few things. The high-speed lock-in does employ a high-pass filter so it will block slow signals. The gains as you already mentioned may be different depending on your settings. I would also check that you indeed have a proper signal in between tip and sample by means of an oscilloscope.

Stefan

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