Fabrication and characterization of optical-fiber nanoprobes for scanning near-field optical microscopy

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 609-615

  Essaidi, N ^a   Chen, Y ^a   Kottler, V ^a,b   Cambril, E ^a   Mayeux, C ^a   Ronarch, N ^a   Vieu, C ^a  

^a Lab Microstructures Microelectron   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ETCHING; LASER APPLICATIONS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; PHOTONS; PROBES; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SIGNAL DETECTION; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

LASER HEATED PULLING; OPTICAL FIBER NANOPROBES; OPTICAL TRANSMISSION EFFICIENCY; SCANNING NEAR FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0032002568     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.000609     Document Type: Article

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