Deducing structural variations of the apex of probes used in near-field optical microscopy through simultaneous measurement of shear force and evanescent intensity

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 34, 1996, Pages 6740-6743

  Maheswari, R Uma ^a   Mononobe, S ^a   Ohtsu, M ^a,b  

^a KANAGAWA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Evanescent intensity; Near field optical microscopy; Near field optical morphology of probe; Shear force; Simultaneous detection

Indexed keywords

COATING TECHNIQUES; ETCHING; FABRICATION; FORCE MEASUREMENT; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIGHTING; MICROSCOPES; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; PROBES; SCANNING;

EVANESCENT INTENSITY; ILLUMINATION MODE; NEAR FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL MORPHOLOGY; SHEAR FORCE;

OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

EID: 6144220063     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.006740     Document Type: Article

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