Probing the near fields of the super-resolution near-field optical structure

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Tsai, DP [1 ]
Lin, WC [1 ]
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[1] Natl Taiwan Univ, Dept Phys, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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10.1063/1.1290692
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Super-resolution near-field structure, glass/SiN (170 nm)/Sb (15 nm)/SiN (20 nm), a promising structure for near-field ultrahigh-density optical data storage, has been studied by a tapping-mode tuning-fork near-field scanning optical microscope in transmission mode. Both propagating and evanescent field intensities were found at the focused spots of the surface of the super-resolution near-field structure. Images of the near-field intensity gradients at different excited laser powers (0.42-2.43 mu W) showed that the area of the static evanescent intensity could be stably controlled. The enhancement of the near-field intensity, and the reduction of the focused spot through the super-resolution near-field structure, glass/SiN (170 nm)/Sb (15 nm)/SiN (20 nm) have been observed. (C) 2000 American Institute of Physics. [S0003-6951(00)01236-5].
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