Optimum instrumentation of a tapping mode, non-optically regulated near-field scanning optical microscope and its applications

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nien Hua Lu ◽  
Yu Min Chang ◽  
Din Ping Tsai
2002 ◽  
Vol 19 (9) ◽  
pp. 1268-1270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wang Pei ◽  
Lu Yong-Hua ◽  
Zhang Jiang-Ying ◽  
Ming Hai ◽  
Xie Jian-Ping ◽  
...  

2003 ◽  
Vol 02 (04n05) ◽  
pp. 225-230
Author(s):  
CHIEN-WEN HUANG ◽  
NIEN-HUA LU ◽  
CHIH-YEN CHEN ◽  
CHENG-FENG YU ◽  
TSUNG-SHENG KAO ◽  
...  

The design and construction of a tapping-mode tuning fork with a short fiber probe as the force sensing element for near-field scanning optical microscopy is reported. This type of near-field scanning optical microscopy provides a stable and high Q factor at the tapping frequency of the tuning fork, and thus gives high quality NSOM and AFM images of samples. We present results obtained by using the short tip tapping-mode tuning fork near-field scanning optical microscopy measurements performed on the endfaces of a single mode telecommunication optical fiber and a silica-based buried channel waveguide.


2003 ◽  
Vol 209 (3) ◽  
pp. 205-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. H. Lu ◽  
C. W. Huang ◽  
C. Y. Chen ◽  
C. F. Yu ◽  
T. S. Kao ◽  
...  

1999 ◽  
Vol 75 (8) ◽  
pp. 1039-1041 ◽  
Author(s):  
Din Ping Tsai ◽  
Chi Wen Yang ◽  
Shu-Zee Lo ◽  
Howard E. Jackson

Author(s):  
E. Betzig ◽  
A. Harootunian ◽  
M. Isaacson ◽  
A. Lewis

In general, conventional methods of optical imaging are limited in spatial resolution by either the wavelength of the radiation used or by the aberrations of the optical elements. This is true whether one uses a scanning probe or a fixed beam method. The reason for the wavelength limit of resolution is due to the far field methods of producing or detecting the radiation. If one resorts to restricting our probes to the near field optical region, then the possibility exists of obtaining spatial resolutions more than an order of magnitude smaller than the optical wavelength of the radiation used. In this paper, we will describe the principles underlying such "near field" imaging and present some preliminary results from a near field scanning optical microscope (NS0M) that uses visible radiation and is capable of resolutions comparable to an SEM. The advantage of such a technique is the possibility of completely nondestructive imaging in air at spatial resolutions of about 50nm.


2011 ◽  
Vol 10 (04n05) ◽  
pp. 623-627 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. HARIDAS ◽  
L. N. TRIPATHI ◽  
J. K. BASU

Effect of shape and density on the energy transfer between metallic nanoparticles and semi conducting nanostructures was studied by observing the photoluminescence spectra using near field scanning optical microscope. The monolayers of gold nanoparticles, CdSe nanorods and composite with different number ratios were prepared using Langmuir Blodgett method. The spectra collected from the films with different number ratios of CdSe and gold shows a systematic variation of peak position and intensity as a function of number density of CdSe . The photoluminescence spectra collected from composite monolayer is blue shifted compared to the spectra from CdSe nanorods monolayer. Further we observed a blue shift in peak position and reduction emission intensity with respect to increase in the fraction of gold nanoparticles and surface density. We have provided explanation for the observed behavior in terms of strong exciton–plasmon interactions in the compact hybrid monolayers.


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