Raised flexure plate (RFP)

For experiments requiring very good access to the sample, for example to be able to get a SPM head or a low working distance optic to the sample it is sometimes desirable to raise the sample so that it protrudes from the top of the strain cell. Small samples, and thin-film samples suspended over cleaved silicon according to the recipe developed at the University of Washington benefit having a single sample plate with two halves linked by flexures. For this purpose, raised sample plates (RFPs) are used. It combines the advantages of the flexure sample plates (FSPs) and raised sample plates (RSPs).