Apertureless near-field optical microscopy: A study of the local tip field enhancement using photosensitive azobenzene-containing films

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 2060-2072

  Bachelot, Renaud ^a   H'Dhili, Fekhra ^a,c   Barchiesi, Dominique ^a   Lerondel, Gilles ^a   Fikri, Radouane ^a   Royer, Pascal ^a   Landraud, Nathalie ^b   Peretti, Jacques ^b   Chaput, Frédéric ^b   Lampel, Georges ^b   Boilot, Jean Pierre ^b   Lahlil, Khalid ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE TROYES   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE PHYSIQUE DE LA MATIÈRE CONDENSÉE   (France)

^c INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY TRANSFER; NEAR FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL FILMS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

PHOTOSENSITIVE MATERIALS;

OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0043011939     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1585117     Document Type: Article

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