Solid immersion lens applications for nanophotonic devices [PDF]
, 2008 Solid immersion lens (SIL) microscopy combines the advantages of conventional microscopy with those of near-field techniques, and is being increasingly adopted across a diverse range of technologies and applications. A comprehensive overview of the state-
O'Connor, John A. +15 more
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Photoconductive NSOM for mapping optoelectronic phases in nanostructures
Nanophotonics, 2014 The advent of optically functional materials with low-intensive processing methods is accompanied by a growing need for high resolution imaging to probe the inherent inhomogeneities in the underlying microstructure.
Das Anshuman J. +2 more
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AIP Advances, 2017 Scattering-type scanning near-field optical microscopy (s-SNOM) enables mapping of nanoscale field distributions in two dimensions. However, the standard s-SNOM technique lacks direct resolving ability along the vertical direction, therefore unable to ...
Haomin Wang +3 more
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Solid state nano-electrolysis, its use in SNOM systems and other applications [PDF]
, 2004 Nano-optics is a new approach to the investigation of nano-scale light-matter interactions. The main branch, Scanning Near-Field Optical Microscopy (SNOM), however, is su®ering from a major technological shortcomings, namely the di±culty to generate ...
Toquant, Julien
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Near-field Imaging of Optical Resonance Modes in Silicon Metasurfaces Using Photoelectron Microscopy
, 2023 Precise control of light-matter interactions at the nanoscale lies at the heart of nanophotonics. Yet their experimental examination is challenging since the corresponding electromagnetic near-field is often confined within volumes below the resolution ...
Alex Boehm (3173151) +7 more
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Slow-light and evanescent modes at interfaces in photonic crystal waveguides: optimal extraction from experimental near-field measurements [PDF]
, 2011 We develop a systematic approach for simultaneous extraction of the dispersion relations and profiles of multiple modes in periodic waveguides though a special global optimization procedure applied to near-field electric field measurements in the ...
Ha, S. +23 more
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Applied Sciences, 2023 Electric field enhancement mediated through sharp tips in scattering-type scanning near-field optical microscopy (s-SNOM) enables optical material analysis down to the 10-nm length scale and even below.
Felix G. Kaps +2 more
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Label-free 3D visualization of cellular and tissue structures in intact muscle with second and third harmonic generation microscopy. [PDF]
, 2011 Second and Third Harmonic Generation (SHG and THG) microscopy is based on optical effects which are induced by specific inherent physical properties of a specimen.
Krombach Fritz +11 more
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Sperm imaging utilizing terahertz near-field scanning microscopy
Biotechnology & Biotechnological EquipmentTerahertz (THz)-based near-field imaging technology exhibits significant potential for applications in biomedical detection. This study investigates biological cells utilizing the rapid imaging capabilities, high resolution, and non-destructive ...
Zhenchun Yu +5 more
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Compensating for artifacts in scanning near-field optical microscopy due to electrostatics
APL Photonics, 2021 Nanotechnology and modern materials science demand reliable local probing techniques on the nanoscopic length scale. Most commonly, scanning probe microscopy methods are applied in numerous variants and shades, for probing the different sample properties.
Tobias Nörenberg +4 more
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