The Scanning Probe Image Processor
Supported File Formats
SPIP has unparalleled support for a
wide and constantly increasing number of topographic file formats. A partial list is shown below. Please contact
us if you have an SPM with a file format that is not listed. By utilizing SPIP's "Heuristic
File Importer" there is a good chance that SPIP
will read your unique file format even though it may not have been explicitly programmed to do so.
File Format or
Manufacturer - Model |
Typical File
Extensions |
Instrument
Type |
Export |
CITS
Support |
Single
Point
Spectro-
scopy |
Force Curve
Support |
Force Volume |
| ASCII |
.txt,
.asc |
Generic Topographic |
Yes |
|
|
Yes |
|
| BCR-SDF |
.bcr |
Generic Topographic |
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| Bitmap |
.bmp |
Generic Topographic |
Yes |
|
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| JPEG |
.jpg,
.jpeg |
Generic Topographic |
Yes |
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| SDF |
.sdf |
Generic Topographic |
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| TIFF |
.tif,
.tiff |
Generic Topographic |
Yes |
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| ADE Phase Shift |
.map |
Interference microscope |
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| aep Technology |
.dat |
3D Profilometer |
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| A.P.E. Research s.r.l. |
.dat |
SPM |
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| Aarhus University, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy |
.bio,
.img, .mul |
SPM |
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Agilent Technologies
(Molecular Imaging)
- PicoSPM |
.stp, .ivs, .asc |
SPM |
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Yes |
|
Agilent Technologies
(Molecular Imaging)
- PicoView |
.im |
SPM |
|
|
|
Yes |
|
| Ambios Technology, Inc. |
.amb
.bii
.txt |
3D Profilometer
AFM
Profilometer |
|
|
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| Anfatec |
.int |
SPM |
|
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| Asylum Research |
.ibw |
SPM |
|
|
|
Yes |
|
| ATOS GmbH |
.mmd |
Interference
microscope |
|
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| Danish Micro Engineering A/S |
.mif |
SPM |
|
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|
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| Digital Surf |
.sur,
.pro |
SPM,
Profilometer |
Yes |
|
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| EXFO Burleigh Products Group, Inc. |
.img |
SPM |
|
|
|
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| FOGALE nanotech |
.tpo |
Interference Microscope |
|
|
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| GFMesstechnik GmbH |
.fd3 |
Optical Profiler |
|
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|
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| Hitachi Kenki FineTech Co., Ltd. |
.afm |
SPM |
|
|
|
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| Hysitron, Inc. |
.hdf |
AFM Indenter |
|
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| IBM |
.dat |
SPM |
|
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|
|
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| Image Metrology A/S |
.bcr, .bcrf |
|
Yes |
|
|
Yes |
|
| JEOL |
.spc, .tif |
SPM |
|
Yes |
|
Yes |
|
| JPK Instruments AG |
.out
.jpk, .xml
.map_txt |
AFM
SPM |
|
|
|
Yes
|
Yes |
| Keyence |
.vk3 |
|
|
|
|
|
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| KLA-Tencor Corporation |
.3d, .3DD, .dat |
Profilometer |
|
|
|
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KLA-Tencor Corporation
-P-16 |
.3DD,
.map |
3D Profilometer |
|
|
|
|
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Lasertec
Corporation |
.lms |
Confocal Microscope |
|
|
|
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| MeX 3D SEM |
.al3D |
SEM |
|
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| MTS Nano Instruments |
.sdf |
Indenter SPM |
|
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| NanoFocus AG |
.nms,
.oms |
Confocal Microscope |
|
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| NanoMagnetics Instruments, Ltd. |
.sif |
SPM |
|
|
|
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| Nanonics Imaging, Ltd. |
.img |
SPM |
|
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| Nanonis Proprietary |
.sxm |
SPM |
|
|
|
|
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Nanosurf
-
easyScan
-Image Document
|
.ezd, .nid
|
SPM
|
|
|
|
Yes |
|
| NT-MDT Co. |
.mdt |
SPM |
|
|
|
|
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Omicron NanoTechnology GmbH
- Matrix |
.* ,
.mtrx |
SPM |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| Oxford Instruments |
.top, .viw, .wat |
SPM |
|
|
Yes |
|
|
| Pacific Nanotechnology, Inc. |
.pni,
.pro
.sur |
SPM
SPM |
|
|
|
Yes
|
|
| Park Systems Corporation |
.tif,
.tiff |
SPM |
|
|
|
Yes |
Yes |
| Quesant Instrument Corporation |
.afm |
SPM |
|
|
|
|
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RasterScope
Danish Micro Engineering A/S |
.* |
SPM |
|
|
|
|
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| RHK Technology, Inc. |
.* , .sm2
.sm3
.sm4 |
SPM
SPM
STM |
|
Yes
Yes
|
Yes
Yes |
Yes |
|
Scala - Omicron
NanoTechnology
GmbH |
.par,
.sf0,
.tf0 |
SPM |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
| Sensofar |
.plu |
Confocal
microscope |
|
|
|
|
|
| Shimadzu Corporation |
.* |
SPM |
|
|
|
|
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| SII Nanotechnology, Inc. |
.ia*, .in*, .xf*,
.xjd, .xjf, .xq* |
SPM |
|
|
|
Yes |
|
| SNU Precision Co., Ltd. |
.spm |
STM |
|
|
|
|
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| SPECS GmbH |
.bio, .img, .mul |
STM |
|
|
|
|
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| SIS Force Curve |
.txt |
AFM |
|
|
|
Yes |
|
| Surface Imaging Systems (S.I.S.) |
.sis |
SPM |
|
|
|
|
|
| Taylor Hobson |
.sur |
Profilometer |
|
|
|
|
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| Toray Engineering Co., Ltd. |
.sp |
Interference Microscope |
|
|
|
|
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| UNISOKU Co., Ltd. |
.hdr,
.dat
.usd |
SPM
SPM |
|
Yes |
|
|
|
University of Twente
- TNW Biophysical
Engineering Group |
.* |
AFM |
|
|
|
|
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| Veeco Instruments |
Digital Instruments
- NanoScope II
-NanoScope III
- Dimension Systems |
.*
.*
.* |
SPM
SPM
SPM |
Yes
Yes |
Yes
Yes
Yes |
|
Yes
Yes
Yes |
Yes |
Digital Instruments
- Innova |
.dat, .flt, .psd |
SPM |
|
|
|
Yes |
|
Digital Instruments
- Strip chart Nanoscope
files |
.hsdc |
SPM |
|
|
|
|
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| Dektak |
.*, .dt2, .opd |
Profilometer |
|
|
|
|
|
TM Microscopes
(TopoMetrix) |
.tfr |
SPM |
|
|
|
|
|
| TM Microscopes (Park) |
.hdf |
SPM |
Yes |
|
|
Yes |
|
TM Microscopes
(ThermoMicroscope) |
.sdf |
SPM |
|
|
|
Yes |
|
| Wyko |
.opd,
.wfd |
Interference Microscope |
|
|
|
|
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| |
|
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VTS-CreaTec Gmbh
- LT-STM |
.dat |
STM |
|
|
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| WSxM |
.stp |
SPM |
|
|
|
|
|
| Zeiss Confocal Scanning Microscope |
.sdf |
Confocal microscope |
|
|
|
|
|
Zemetrics
Proprietary |
.zmp |
Interference microscope |
|
|
|
|
|
| Zygo Corporation |
.dat |
Interference Microscope |
|
|
|
|
|
 Heuristic File Importer
If your file format is not listed above, there's still a good chance that SPIP's Heuristic File Importer will be able
to accurately interpret and process your file's structure.
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|
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