IR microscopy with a transient photo-induced near-field probe (tipless near-field microscopy)

Optics Communications

Volumn 148, Issue 4-6, 1998, Pages 215-220

  Palanker, Daniel V ^a   Knippels, Guido M H ^a   Smith, Todd I ^a   Schwettman, H Alan ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

IR microscopy; Near field microscopy; Photo induced reflectivity

Indexed keywords

INFRARED RADIATION; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PROBES; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

INFRARED MICROSCOPY; NEAR FIELD MICROSCOPY;

MIRRORS;

EID: 0032022738     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-4018(97)00702-5     Document Type: Article

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