Photon scanning tunneling microscope in combination with a force microscope

Autor: M.H.P. Moers, R. G. Tack, N. F. van Hulst, B. Bölger
Přispěvatelé: Optical Sciences
Rok vydání: 1994
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Zdroj: Journal of Applied Physics, 75(3), 1254-1257. American Institute of Physics
ISSN: 1089-7550
0021-8979
DOI: 10.1063/1.356428
Popis: The simultaneous operation of a photon scanning tunneling microscope with an atomic force microscope is presented. The use of standard atomic force silicon nitride cantilevers as near-field optical probes offers the possibility to combine the two methods. Vertical forces and torsion are detected simultaneously with the optical near field, which allows a comparison between topography and the optical signal. Images of an optical thin film (indium tin oxide) and a Langmuir-Blodgett layer (pentacosa diynoic acid) show absorption contrast with a lateral resolution of about 30 nm (based o­n edge steepness), which is well below the diffraction limit
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