Optically Induced Mass Transport Generated in Near-Fields

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5122, Issue , 2002, Pages 173-178

  Stiller, B ^a   Karageorgiev, P ^a   Buchsteiner, A ^a   Geue, Th ^a   Henneberg, O ^a   Brehmer, L ^a   Natansohn, A ^b   Hollricher, O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c WITec Wissenschaftliche Instrumente und Technologie GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Azobenzene containing films; Optical nearfield; Optically induced mass transport; SNOM

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; ISOMERIZATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LITHOGRAPHY; MASS TRANSFER; NEAR FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS;

ORGANIC FILMS; WAVELENGTH;

OPTICAL MATERIALS;

EID: 0344513340     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.515719     Document Type: Conference Paper

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