High-transmission solid-immersion apertured optical probes for near-field scanning optical microscopy

被引：12

作者：

Dechant, A ^{[1
]}

Dew, SK ^{[1
]}

Irvine, SE ^{[1
]}

Elezzabi, AY ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Alberta, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Edmonton, AB T6G 2V4, Canada

来源：

APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS | 2005年 / 86卷 / 01期

基金：

加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;

关键词：

D O I：

10.1063/1.1842864

中图分类号：

O59 [应用物理学];

学科分类号：

摘要：

We demonstrate significantly increased intensity transmission for two hybrid apertured near-field optical probe designs. The probes, based on traditional atomic force microscopy tips, incorporate light-confining mechanisms that yield intensity throughput several orders of magnitude greater than conventional fiber-based probes. A microlayer probe features a high-index gallium phosphide evaporated layer, while a microsphere probe incorporates a silica microsphere lens. The increase in transmitted intensity is attributed to surface plasmon field enhancement effects as well as the decreased wavelength cutoff and focusing effects of the high-index layer and integrated solid-immersion lens, respectively. (C) 2005 American Institute of Physics.

引用

页码：013102 / 1

页数：3

共 18 条

[1]

Ashcroft N. W., 1976, Solid StatePhysics

[2] NEAR-FIELD OPTICS - MICROSCOPY, SPECTROSCOPY, AND SURFACE MODIFICATION BEYOND THE DIFFRACTION LIMIT [J].

BETZIG, E ;

TRAUTMAN, JK .

SCIENCE, 1992, 257 (5067) :189-195

[3] Plasmon-coupled tip-enhanced near-field optical microscopy [J].

Bouhelier, A ;

Renger, J ;

Beversluis, MR ;

Novotny, L .

JOURNAL OF MICROSCOPY, 2003, 210 :220-224

[4] STEP COVERAGE, UNIFORMITY AND COMPOSITION STUDIES USING INTEGRATED VAPOR TRANSPORT AND FILM-DEPOSITION MODELS [J].

DEW, S ;

SMY, T ;

BRETT, M .

JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 1-REGULAR PAPERS SHORT NOTES & REVIEW PAPERS, 1994, 33 (02) :1140-1145

[5] MODELING BIAS SPUTTER PLANARIZATION OF METAL-FILMS USING A BALLISTIC DEPOSITION SIMULATION [J].

DEW, SK ;

SMY, T ;

TAIT, RN ;

BRETT, MJ .

JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY A-VACUUM SURFACES AND FILMS, 1991, 9 (03) :519-523

[6] Extraordinary optical transmission through sub-wavelength hole arrays [J].

Ebbesen, TW ;

Lezec, HJ ;

Ghaemi, HF ;

Thio, T ;

Wolff, PA .

NATURE, 1998, 391 (6668) :667-669

[7] A TREATMENT BY THE FD-TD METHOD OF THE DISPERSIVE CHARACTERISTICS ASSOCIATED WITH ELECTRONIC POLARIZATION [J].

KASHIWA, T ;

FUKAI, I .

MICROWAVE AND OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY LETTERS, 1990, 3 (06) :203-205

[8] Femtosecond laser-induced nanofabrication in the near-field of atomic force microscope tip [J].

Kirsanov, A ;

Kiselev, A ;

Stepanov, A ;

Polushkin, N .

JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 2003, 94 (10) :6822-6826

[9] Design of near-field optical probes with optimal field enhancement by finite difference time domain electromagnetic simulation [J].

Krug, JT ;

Sánchez, EJ ;

Xie, XS .

JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 2002, 116 (24) :10895-10901

[10] Microfabrication of miniature aperture at the apex of SiO2 tip on silicon cantilever for near-field scanning optical microscopy [J].

Minh, PN ;

Ono, T ;

Esashi, M .

SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL, 2000, 80 (02) :163-169

← 1 2 →