Local excitation and interference of surface phonon polaritons studied by near-field infrared microscopy

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 229, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 389-395

  Huber, A J ^a   Ocelic, N ^a   Hillenbrand, R ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Near field optics; Scanning probe microscopy; Surface polaritons

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER; HETERODYNE DETECTION; NEAR FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PHONONS; PHOTONS; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY;

EXCITATION INTERFERENCE; MIDINFRARED; NEAR FIELD INFRARED MICROSCOPIES; NEAR FIELD OPTICS; PHONON POLARITON EXCITATION; PSEUDO-HETERODYNE; SCANNING-PROBE MICROSCOPY; SCATTERING-TYPE NEAR-FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PHONON-POLARITONS; SURFACE POLARITONS;

SILICON CARBIDE;

NANOMATERIAL; SILICON CARBIDE;

ARTICLE; HEAT TRANSFER; IMAGING SYSTEM; INFRARED RADIATION; INTERFEROMETRY; PHONON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING NEAR FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

EID: 40549141760     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2008.01917.x     Document Type: Article

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