Fabrication of high-quality SNOM probes by pre-treating the fibres before chemical etching

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 228, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 40-44

  Yang, Jing ^a   Zhang, Jiasen ^a   Li, Zhi ^a   Gong, Qihuang ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chemical etching; Fibre probe; SNOM

Indexed keywords

ETCHING; FABRICATION; HYDROFLUORIC ACID; PROBES;

CHEMICAL ETCHING; FIBRE PROBE; HF SOLUTIONS; HIGH QUALITY; HIGH QUALITY FIBERS; PLASTIC-FILM; SCANNING NEAR-FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPE; TAPER ANGLES; THICK LAYERS; TREATING PROCESS;

FIBERS;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FIBER; IMAGE QUALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SCANNING NEAR FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

EID: 34848866068     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2007.01821.x     Document Type: Article

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