Optics at the Nanometer Scale

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Theory and Basic Principles

   1. Theory of Imaging in Near-field Microscopy

      • J.-J. Greffet, R. Carminati

      Pages 1-26

   2. Light Scattering by Tips in Front of Surfaces

      • A. Madrazo, M. Nieto-Vesperinas, N. García

      Pages 27-40

   3. A Numerical Study of a Model Near-Field Optical Microscope

      • A. A. Maradudin, A. Mendoza-Suárez, E. R. Méndez, M. Nieto-Vesperinas

      Pages 41-61

   4. Short and Long Range Interactions in Near Field Optics

      • O. Keller

      Pages 63-93

   5. Modelling Optical Resonators Probed by Subwavelength Sized Optical Detectors

      • A. Castiaux, Ch. Girard, A. Dereux, X. Bouju, J. P. Vigneron

      Pages 95-104

3. Experiments: Fundamentals and Applications

   1. Instrumentation in Near Field Optics

      • D. Courjon, F. Baida, C. Bainier, D. Van Labeke

      Pages 105-117

   2. Effect of the Coherence in Near Field Microscopy

      • F. de Fornel, L. Salomon, J. C. Weeber, A. Rahmani, C. Pic, A. Dazzi

      Pages 119-130

   3. Scanning Interferometric Apertureless Microscopy at 10 Angstrom Resoultion

      • H. K. Wickramasinghe, Y. Martin, F. Zenhausern

      Pages 131-141

   4. Primary Imaging Modes in Near-Field Microscopy

      • M. Vaez-Iravani

      Pages 143-150

   5. Local Excitation of Surface Plasmons by “TNOM”

      • B. Hecht, D. W. Pohl, L. Novotny

      Pages 151-161

   6. Weak Localization of Surface Plasmon Polaritons: Direct Observation with Photon Scanning Tunneling Microscope

      • S. I. Bozhevolnyi, A. V. Zayats, B. Vohnsen

      Pages 163-173

   7. STM-Induced Photon Emission From AU (110)

      • Richard Berndt

      Pages 175-180

   8. Writing of Nanolines on a Ferroelectric Surface with a Scanning Near-Field Optical Microscope

      • J. Massanell, N. García, A. Correia, A. Zlatkin, M. Sharonov, J. Przeslawski

      Pages 181-190

   9. Near Field Optics with High-Q Whispering-Gallery Modes

      • N. Dubreuil, J. C. Knight, J. Hare, V. Lefevre-Seguin, J. M. Raimond, S. Haroche

      Pages 191-203

   10. Fluorescence Microscopy and Spectroscopy by Scanning Near-Field Optical/Atomic Force Microscope (SNOM-AFM)

       • Masamichi Fujihira

       Pages 205-221

   11. Fluorescence Lifetime Contrast Combined with Probe Microscopy

       • O. H. Willemsen, O. F. J. Noordman, F. B. Segerink, A. G. T. Ruiter, M. H. P. Moers, N. F. Van Hulst

       Pages 223-233

   12. Towards SNIM: Scanning Near-Field Microscopy in the Infrared

       • F. Keilmann

       Pages 235-245

   13. 6 NM Lateral Resolution in Scanning Near Field Optical Microscopy with the Tetrahedral Tip

       • J. Koglin, U. C. Fischer, H. Fuchs

       Pages 247-256

   14. An Aperture-Type Reflection-Mode SNOM

       • C. Durkan, I. V. Shvets

       Pages 257-261

Optics at the Nanometer Scale: Imaging and Storing with Photonic Near Fields deals with the fundamentals of and the latest developments and applications of near-field optical microscopy, giving basic accounts of how and under what circumstances superresolution beyond the half- wavelength Rayleigh limit is achieved. Interferometric and fluorescence techniques are also described, leading to molecular and even atomic resolution using light. The storage of optical information at this level of resolution is also addressed.

• ALF
• Experiment
• Optical microscope
• Optics
• diffraction
• microscopy
• modeling
• spectroscopy

`This book is essential reading not only for specialists in the field, but for newcomers. It sets out basics on which we can build. I recommend it very highly indeed.'
L. Grosser in Optik, 106:1 (1997)

• Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain

  M. Nieto-Vesperinas

• Laboratorio de Física de Sistemas Pequeños, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain

  N. García

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