The use of capillary force for fabricating probe tips for scattering-type near-field scanning optical microscopes

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1598-1600

  Kawata, Yoshimasa ^a   Urahama, Seiji ^a   Murakami, Manambu ^a   Iwata, Futoshi ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FLOW OF WATER; GLASS FIBERS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THIN FILMS;

CAPILLARY FORCES;

NEAR FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0037429827     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1559441     Document Type: Article

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