Nanoscale photoluminescence mapping for MOVPE InN films using scanning near-field optical microscopy (SNOM)

Optical impedance matching with scanning near-field optical microscopy (SNOM)

Nanoscale Optical Tomography using Volume-scanning Near-field Microscopy

microscopy Jin Sun, John C. Schotland, Rainer Hillenbrand, and P. Scott Carney Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA Department of Bioengineering and Graduate Group in Applied Mathematics and Computational Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA Nanooptics Laboratory, CIC nanoGUNE Consolider, 200...

A Review of Three-Dimensional Scanning Near-Field Optical Microscopy (3D-SNOM) and Its Applications in Nanoscale Light Management

In this article, we present an overview of aperture and apertureless type scanning near-field optical microscopy (SNOM) techniques that have been developed, with a focus on three-dimensional (3D) SNOM methods. 3D SNOM has been undertaken to image the local distribution (within ~100 nm of the surface) of the electromagnetic radiation scattered by random and deterministic arrays of metal nanostru...

Scanning near-field optical microscopy.

An average human eye can see details down to 0,07 mm in size. The ability to see smaller details of the matter is correlated with the development of the science and the comprehension of the nature. Today's science needs eyes for the nano-world. Examples are easily found in biology and medical sciences. There is a great need to determine shape, size, chemical composition, molecular structure and...

Imaging cervical cytology with scanning near-field optical microscopy (SNOM) coupled with an IR-FEL

Cervical cancer remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality among women, especially in the developing world. Increased synthesis of proteins, lipids and nucleic acids is a pre-condition for the rapid proliferation of cancer cells. We show that scanning near-field optical microscopy, in combination with an infrared free electron laser (SNOM-IR-FEL), is able to distinguish between normal and...