We have built a high-speed, tapping mode scanning force microscope using a high frequency quartz crystal resonator. In our design, a cantilever tip was attached to the end of an optical fiber which was glued to a thickness shear mode, AT-cut quartz crystal resonator so as to vibrate in the longitudinal direction. This design allows the microscope to be operated in tapping mode with the flexibility of shear mode operation, which leads to an expected improvement of image quality. Furthermore, combining this geometry with an optical microscope leads to the possibility of commercial applications.
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