ON THE EQUIVALENCE BETWEEN THE ILLUMINATION AND COLLECTION MODES OF THE SCANNING NEAR-FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPE

Authors
MENDEZ ER GREFFET JJ CARMINATI R
Citation
Er. Mendez et al., ON THE EQUIVALENCE BETWEEN THE ILLUMINATION AND COLLECTION MODES OF THE SCANNING NEAR-FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPE, Optics communications, 142(1-3), 1997, pp. 7-13
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
00304018
Volume
142
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
7 - 13
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-4018(1997)142:1-3<7:OTEBTI>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
The equivalence between the illumination and collection modes of the S canning Near-Field Optical Microscope (SNOM) is established based on t he reciprocity theorem for electromagnetic fields. This equivalence ho lds provided that the sample and the optical elements involved are lin ear and characterized by symmetric constitutive tensors. (C) 1997 Publ ished by Elsevier Science B.V.