Hybrid scanning near-field optical/tunneling microscopy with indium-tin-oxide/Au coated optical fiber probe

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers and Short Notes and Review Papers

Volumn 41, Issue 7 B, 2002, Pages 4956-4960

  Nakajima, Ken ^b   Jacobsen, Volker ^a   Yamasaki, Yuichi ^b   Noh, Jaegeun ^b   Fujita, Daisuke ^c   Hara, Masahiko ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aperture; Indium tin oxide; Nanoparticle; Scanning near field optical microscope; Scanning tunneling microscope

Indexed keywords

GOLD; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NEAR FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

NANOPARTICLES;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 0036657445     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/jjap.41.4956     Document Type: Conference Paper

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