A nanoplasmonic probe for near-field imaging

作者:Backs J A J*; Sederberg S; Elezzabi A Y
来源:Optics Express, 2011, 19(12): 11280-11289.
DOI:10.1364/OE.19.011280

摘要

We demonstrate a nanoplasmonic probe that incorporates a subwavelength aperture coupled to a fine probing tip. This probe is used in a hybrid near-field scanning optical microscope and atomic force microscope system that can simultaneously map the optical near-field and the topography of nanostructures. By spatially isolating but optically coupling the aperture and the localizing point, we obtained near-field images at a resolution of 45 nm, corresponding to lambda/14. This nanoplasmonic probe design overcomes the resolution challenges of conventional apertured near-field optical probes and can provide substantially higher resolution than demonstrated in this work.

  • 出版日期2011-6-6