Three‐dimensional wavefront imaging by near‐field scanning optical microscopy

1995 ◽  
Vol 66 (5) ◽  
pp. 3385-3387 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Levy ◽  
A. Cohen ◽  
D. D. Awschalom
Author(s):  
Nathan P. Malcolm ◽  
Alex J. Heltzel ◽  
Li Shi ◽  
John R. Howell

This work studies a new design of a near field scanning optical microscopy (NSOM) probe based on a ZnO nanowire sub-wavelength waveguide terminated with a plasmonic gold nanoparticle. Three-dimensional finite difference time domain (FDTD) simulation is used to visualize light guiding in the nanowire and near field coupling between the plasmonic nanoparticle and the substrate. The simulation results reveal local field enhancement at the gap between the nanoparticle and a gold substrate when the nanowire axis is tilted from the substrate normal by a small angle. The enhancement occurs only along the cross section plane that is parallel to the polarization of the excitation laser beam. The regime of field enhancement is much smaller than the diameter of the 100 nm plasmonic particle, making the nanowire probe well suited for NSOM with superior spatial resolution and signal to noise ratio compared to the state of the art.


1999 ◽  
Vol 86 (5) ◽  
pp. 2785-2789 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claire E. Jordan ◽  
Stephan J. Stranick ◽  
Lee J. Richter ◽  
Richard R. Cavanagh

1995 ◽  
Vol 67 (17) ◽  
pp. 2483-2485 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. L. Jahncke ◽  
M. A. Paesler ◽  
H. D. Hallen

1995 ◽  
Vol 61 (1-4) ◽  
pp. 291-294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick J. Moyer ◽  
Stefan Kämmer ◽  
Karsten Walzer ◽  
Michael Hietschold

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