An atomic force microscope (AFM) head designed for nanometrology is accomplished in this study. It is the sensing component of the nano-measuring machine, a nanometrological instrument with a working range of 50 mm × 50 mm × 2 mm, as well as a part of the metrological system of the instrument. Three reference mirrors are mounted on the head and arranged without Abbe error. Relative displacement of the AFM head and the specimen is measured by interferometers and results are traceable. The optical beam deflection method is used to detect the atomic force. The laser beam is introduced through a single-mode polarization-maintaining optical fibre from an external laser diode. With a compact design, a 100 mm optical lever is realized inside the AFM head that is less than 20 mm in thickness and 200 g in weight. A force–distance curve is obtained using a gauge block in a test. Furthermore, online tests of the measurement of a step scale have been made. According to the calculation and experimental verification, the resolution of our AFM head reaches 0.05 nm.
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