Nanowriting on ferroelectric surfaces with a scanning near-field optical microscope

Optics Letters

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 12-14

  Massanell, J ^a   Garcia N ^a   Zlatkin, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b SHUBNIKOV INSTITUTE OF CRYSTALLOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CHARGE; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL FIBERS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; SURFACE TREATMENT; THERMAL EFFECTS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

LINEWIDTHS; NANOWRITING; OPTICAL FIBER TIP; SCANNING NEAR FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPE; SHEAR FORCE TOPOGRAPHICAL IMAGES; TRIGLYCINE SULFATE;

OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0029774655     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.21.000012     Document Type: Article

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