Scanning near-field optical microscope having a medium denser th

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1993-09-29

1996-07-23

Westin, Edward P.

Radiant energy

Photocells; circuits and apparatus

Optical or pre-photocell system

250306, H01J 314

Patent

active

055391974

ABSTRACT:
This scanning near-field optical microscope is of the type where a light beam (19) with a diameter of at maximum .lambda./20 is emitted, or received, by a sharply pointed probe tip (13) which is scanned across the surface of a sample (11) to be investigated. The light reflected by, and/or transmitted through, the sample (11) is detected by a detector (16) and/or further processed by a computer (24). The distance between the light-emitting probe tip (13) and the sample (11) under investigation is on the order of .lambda./20 as well, so that the surface of the sample (11) is within the near-field of said probe tip (13). This optical microscope is characterized in that the gap between the probe tip (13) and the sample (11) is filled with a liquid (40) of high opacity, including any liquids with a large negative dielectric constant .epsilon., so as to attenuate the intensity of the lightwaves emitted or received by the probe tip (13) to such an extent that the penetration depth z.sub.0 of the lightwaves inside the liquid, defined as the distance over which their intensity decreases to 1/e, is below 100 nm.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4604520 (1986-08-01), Pohl
patent: 5202004 (1993-04-01), Kwak et al.

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