Reproducible optical fiber tips for photon scanning tunneling microscopy with very small (<5°) cone angle

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1220-1227

  Klini, A ^a   David, T ^b   Bourillot, E ^b   Emonin, S ^b   Papadopoulos, P ^a   Goudonnet, J P ^b   Kotrotsios, G ^c,d  

^a ARTT Assoc Res Technol T   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^c CSEM   (Switzerland)

^d M3D A Battelle Affiliate ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Chemical etching; Mutlimode optical fibers; Near field microscopy; Optical fiber tips; Photon scanning tunneling microscopy (PSTM)

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ETCHING; LIGHT REFLECTION; PHOTONS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

PHOTON SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPES (PSTM);

OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION;

EID: 0032123736     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.701400     Document Type: Article

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