Fabrication of a pencil-shaped fiber probe for near-field optics by selective chemical etching

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2231-2235

  Mononobe, Shuji ^b,d,e   Ohtsu, Motoichi ^a,b,c  

^a IEEE

^b KANAGAWA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^e JAPAN SOCIETY OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETCHING; FABRICATION; FIBER OPTICS; GERMANIUM COMPOUNDS; HYDROFLUORIC ACID; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); OPTICAL COATINGS; OPTICAL FIBERS; SOLUTIONS;

AMMONIUM FLUORIDE SOLUTIONS; APEX DIAMETER; CLADDING TAPERING; CONE ANGLE; DISPERSION COMPENSATING FIBER; NEAR FIELD OPTICS; PENCIL SHAPED FIBER PROBE; PROBE TIP; SELECTIVE CHEMICAL ETCHING;

MICROSCOPES;

EID: 0030263754     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.541212     Document Type: Article

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