Calculation of the temperature distribution on laser-illuminated scanning probe tips

In order to understand the basic process of a laser-illuminated scanning probe tip it is necessary to calculate the temperature distribution in such a geometry. In the first part of this paper the temperature distribution in a laser-heated tip and a semi-infinite metallic sample is solved in a steady-state approach. This is done with the help of the boundary element method. In a second part, the temperature field in a thin metal sheet attached to a semi-infinite dielectric substrate is calculated by applying the Fourier-Bessel transformation method.