Scanning near-field thermal and thermoacoustic microscopy: Performances and limitations

Superlattices and Microstructures

Volumn 35, Issue 3-6, 2004, Pages 253-268

  Cretin, B ^a  

^a FEMTO ST INSTITUTE   (France)

Author keywords

AFM; Local probe; Near field thermal microscopy; SNOM; Thermoacoustical imaging

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DATA REDUCTION; MICROSCOPES; NEAR FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; RADIOMETRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SENSORS;

LOCAL PROBE; NEAR-FIELD THERMAL MICROSCOPY; THERMOACOUSTICAL IMAGING;

SUPERLATTICES;

EID: 4243064964     PISSN: 07496036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spmi.2003.10.003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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