Modulated near-field spectral extraction of broadband mid-infrared signals with a ceramic light source

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 12469-12479

  Ishikawa, Michio ^a   Katsura, Makoto ^a   Nakashima, Satoru ^a   Aizawa, Kento ^b   Inoue, Tsutomu ^b   Okamura, Hidekazu ^c   Ikemoto, Yuka ^d  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hachioji shi   (Japan)

^c KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT SOURCES; PROBES; SCATTERING;

FAR-FIELD; IR SPECTRUM; LOCK-IN DETECTION; MIDINFRARED; MODULATION AMPLITUDES; NEAR-FIELD; SCANNING NEAR-FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPE; SMOOTH SURFACE;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

GOLD;

ARTICLE; CERAMICS; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ILLUMINATION; INFRARED RADIATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CERAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GOLD; INFRARED RAYS; LIGHTING; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED;

EID: 79959441885     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.012469     Document Type: Article

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