Laser Reviews. Near-field Laser-Scanning Microscope.

Near-field Scanning Optical Microscopy of Photonic Crystal Laser

Near-field scanning optical microscopy (NSOM) is a powerful alternative method to observe the optical intensity distributions in fabricated nanophotonic structures. Several groups have obtained NSOM images of photonic crystal (PC) [1-2]. Quite recently, we have reported the optical mode images obtained by NSOM on compact PC cavities based on fractional edge dislocations [3]. Here we report high...

Near-field Scanning Optical Microscope Platform

Scanning Near-field Raman Spectroscopic Microscope

Near-field scanning optical microscope probe analysis.

In this article results of a comparison of two NSOM probe characterization methods are presented. Scanning electron microscopy analysis combined with electromagnetic field modeling using the finite difference in time domain method are compared with measured far-field radiation diagrams of NSOM probes. It is shown that measurement of far-field radiation diagrams can be an efficient tool for dail...

The near-field scanning thermal microscope.

We report on the design, characterization, and performance of a near-field scanning thermal microscope capable to detect thermal heat currents mediated by evanescent thermal electromagnetic fields close to the surface of a sample. The instrument operates in ultrahigh vacuum and retains its scanning tunneling microscope functionality, so that its miniature, micropipette-based thermocouple sensor...