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Open source scanning probe microscopy control and data analysis<br />
Percy Zahl 1<br />
s<strong>of</strong>tware package Gxsm.<br />
1 Brookhaven National Laboratory, Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Upton NY 11973, USA<br />
P.I-16<br />
Gxsm 1 is a full featured and modern scanning probe microscopy (SPM) s<strong>of</strong>tware. It can<br />
be used both in stand alone mode for powerful image processing and analysis and<br />
connected to an instrument operating many different flavors <strong>of</strong> SPM, e.g., scanning<br />
tunneling microscopy (STM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM) or in general twodimensional<br />
multi-channel data acquisition instruments. The Gxsm core can handle<br />
different data types, e.g., integer and floating point numbers. An easily extendable plugin<br />
architecture provides many image analysis and manipulation functions. A powerful<br />
digital signal processor (DSP) subsystem runs the feedback loop, does optional adaptive<br />
real-time signal filtering, generates the scanning signals and acquires all the data during<br />
SPM measurements. We will show lastest results and demonstrate the performance <strong>of</strong> the<br />
new SignalRanger Mark2 and Analog A810 now supported by GXSM. The<br />
programmable Gxsm vector probe engine (real-time, DSP based) performs virtually any<br />
thinkable spectroscopy and manipulation task, such as scanning tunneling spectroscopy<br />
(STS) or tip formation. The Gxsm s<strong>of</strong>tware is released under the GNU general public<br />
license (GPL) and can be obtained via the Internet.<br />
Visit and follow the Gxsm home page for further information:<br />
1 Homepage location: http://gxsm.sourceforge.net.<br />
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