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RESEARCH PRODUCT
Reflection scanning microscopy.
N. CerreJ. P. GoudonnetF. De Fornelsubject
Scanning Hall probe microscopeMaterials scienceMicroscopebusiness.industryMaterials Science (miscellaneous)Near-field opticsIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineeringlaw.inventionScanning probe microscopyLight intensityOpticslawMicroscopy4Pi microscopeBusiness and International ManagementbusinessFeature-oriented scanningdescription
To image nontransparent samples we have utilized a special type of scanning-probe microscope that is referred to here as a reflection scanning microscope. The reflection scanning microscope provides a method for producing a scanned point light source as well as a system for collecting the light that is reflected by the sample. The system, which uses an optical fiber coupler, is easily installed on an existing photon scanning tunneling microscope. A calculation of the coupling coefficient between the natural propagation mode of the optical fiber and the light that is reflected by the sample is presented along with a comparison between calculated and measured values of the intensity of the light that is detected. Several images of different samples are presented that show the actual resolution of the microscope.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992-03-01 | Applied optics |