| Autor: |
Erickson, Elizabeth S., Dunn, Robert C. |
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Applied Physics Letters; 11/14/2005, Vol. 87 Issue 20, p201102, 3p, 1 Diagram, 2 Graphs |
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Heating near the aperture of aluminum coated, fiber optic near-field scanning optical microscopy probes was studied as a function of input and output powers. Using the shear-force feedback method, near-field probes were positioned nanometers above a thermochromic polymer and spectra were recorded as the input power was varied. Excitation at 405 nm of a thin polymer film incorporating perylene and N-allyl-N-methylaniline leads to dual emission peaks in the spectra. The relative peak intensity is temperature sensitive leading to a ratiometric measurement, which avoids complications based solely on intensity. Using this method, we find that the proximal end of typical near-field probes modestly increase in temperature to 40–45 °C at output powers of a few nanowatts (input power of ∼0.15 mW). This increases to 55–65 °C at higher output powers of 50 nW or greater (input power of ∼2–4 mW). Thermal heating of the probe at higher powers leads to probe elongation, which limits the heating experienced by the sample. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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