Electrolytic formation of nanoapertures for scanning near-field optical microscopy

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作者：

Bouhelier, A

Toquant, J

Tamaru, H

Güntherodt, HJ

Pohl, DW

Schider, G

机构：

[1] Univ Basel, Inst Phys, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland

[2] Karl Franzens Univ Graz, Inst Expt Phys, A-8010 Graz, Austria

[3] Univ Tokyo, Adv Sci & Technol Res Ctr, Dept Mat & Devices, Meguro Ku, Tokyo 1538904, Japan

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APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS | 2001年 / 79卷 / 05期

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10.1063/1.1389767

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O59 [应用物理学];

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摘要：

Aperture probes for near-field optical microscopy were produced by controlled all solid state electrolysis. Control of both the ionic current and light transmission provided reproducible probe tips with aperture diameters in the sub-50 nm range and flat end faces. High resolution scanning near-field optical microscopy images were obtained with these probes. As a by-product, the formation of an electrolytic nanometer-sized contact was observed. (C) 2001 American Institute of Physics.

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