Ebook: Optics at the Nanometer Scale: Imaging and Storing with Photonic Near Fields

Optics at the Nanometer Scale: Imaging and Storing with Photonic NearFields deals with the fundamentals of and the latest developments and applications of near-field optical microscopy, giving basic accounts of how and under what circumstances superresolution beyond the half- wavelength Rayleigh limit is achieved. Interferometric and fluorescence techniques are also described, leading to molecular and even atomic resolution using light. The storage of optical information at this level of resolution is also addressed.

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Optics at the Nanometer Scale: Imaging and Storing with Photonic NearFields deals with the fundamentals of and the latest developments and applications of near-field optical microscopy, giving basic accounts of how and under what circumstances superresolution beyond the half- wavelength Rayleigh limit is achieved. Interferometric and fluorescence techniques are also described, leading to molecular and even atomic resolution using light. The storage of optical information at this level of resolution is also addressed.

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Optics at the Nanometer Scale: Imaging and Storing with Photonic NearFields deals with the fundamentals of and the latest developments and applications of near-field optical microscopy, giving basic accounts of how and under what circumstances superresolution beyond the half- wavelength Rayleigh limit is achieved. Interferometric and fluorescence techniques are also described, leading to molecular and even atomic resolution using light. The storage of optical information at this level of resolution is also addressed.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Theory of Imaging in Near-field Microscopy....Pages 1-26
Light Scattering by Tips in Front of Surfaces....Pages 27-40
A Numerical Study of a Model Near-Field Optical Microscope....Pages 41-61
Short and Long Range Interactions in Near Field Optics....Pages 63-93
Modelling Optical Resonators Probed by Subwavelength Sized Optical Detectors....Pages 95-104
Instrumentation in Near Field Optics....Pages 105-117
Effect of the Coherence in Near Field Microscopy....Pages 119-130
Scanning Interferometric Apertureless Microscopy at 10 Angstrom Resoultion....Pages 131-141
Primary Imaging Modes in Near-Field Microscopy....Pages 143-150
Local Excitation of Surface Plasmons by “TNOM”....Pages 151-161
Weak Localization of Surface Plasmon Polaritons: Direct Observation with Photon Scanning Tunneling Microscope....Pages 163-173
STM-Induced Photon Emission From AU (110)....Pages 175-180
Writing of Nanolines on a Ferroelectric Surface with a Scanning Near-Field Optical Microscope....Pages 181-190
Near Field Optics with High-Q Whispering-Gallery Modes....Pages 191-203
Fluorescence Microscopy and Spectroscopy by Scanning Near-Field Optical/Atomic Force Microscope (SNOM-AFM)....Pages 205-221
Fluorescence Lifetime Contrast Combined with Probe Microscopy....Pages 223-233
Towards SNIM: Scanning Near-Field Microscopy in the Infrared....Pages 235-245
6 NM Lateral Resolution in Scanning Near Field Optical Microscopy with the Tetrahedral Tip....Pages 247-256
An Aperture-Type Reflection-Mode SNOM....Pages 257-261
Surface Modifications via Photo-Chemistry in a Reflection Scanning Near-Field Optical Microscope....Pages 263-275
Back Matter....Pages 297-301
Near-Field Diffraction Microscopy with a Coherent Low-Energy e-Beam: Fresnel Projection Microscope....Pages 277-296

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Optics at the Nanometer Scale: Imaging and Storing with Photonic NearFields deals with the fundamentals of and the latest developments and applications of near-field optical microscopy, giving basic accounts of how and under what circumstances superresolution beyond the half- wavelength Rayleigh limit is achieved. Interferometric and fluorescence techniques are also described, leading to molecular and even atomic resolution using light. The storage of optical information at this level of resolution is also addressed.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Theory of Imaging in Near-field Microscopy....Pages 1-26
Light Scattering by Tips in Front of Surfaces....Pages 27-40
A Numerical Study of a Model Near-Field Optical Microscope....Pages 41-61
Short and Long Range Interactions in Near Field Optics....Pages 63-93
Modelling Optical Resonators Probed by Subwavelength Sized Optical Detectors....Pages 95-104
Instrumentation in Near Field Optics....Pages 105-117
Effect of the Coherence in Near Field Microscopy....Pages 119-130
Scanning Interferometric Apertureless Microscopy at 10 Angstrom Resoultion....Pages 131-141
Primary Imaging Modes in Near-Field Microscopy....Pages 143-150
Local Excitation of Surface Plasmons by “TNOM”....Pages 151-161
Weak Localization of Surface Plasmon Polaritons: Direct Observation with Photon Scanning Tunneling Microscope....Pages 163-173
STM-Induced Photon Emission From AU (110)....Pages 175-180
Writing of Nanolines on a Ferroelectric Surface with a Scanning Near-Field Optical Microscope....Pages 181-190
Near Field Optics with High-Q Whispering-Gallery Modes....Pages 191-203
Fluorescence Microscopy and Spectroscopy by Scanning Near-Field Optical/Atomic Force Microscope (SNOM-AFM)....Pages 205-221
Fluorescence Lifetime Contrast Combined with Probe Microscopy....Pages 223-233
Towards SNIM: Scanning Near-Field Microscopy in the Infrared....Pages 235-245
6 NM Lateral Resolution in Scanning Near Field Optical Microscopy with the Tetrahedral Tip....Pages 247-256
An Aperture-Type Reflection-Mode SNOM....Pages 257-261
Surface Modifications via Photo-Chemistry in a Reflection Scanning Near-Field Optical Microscope....Pages 263-275
Back Matter....Pages 297-301
Near-Field Diffraction Microscopy with a Coherent Low-Energy e-Beam: Fresnel Projection Microscope....Pages 277-296
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