APERTURELESS NEAR-FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPY - INFLUENCE OF THE ILLUMINATION CONDITIONS ON THE IMAGE-CONTRAST

Authors
ADAM PM ROYER P LADDADA R BIJEON JL
Citation
Pm. Adam et al., APERTURELESS NEAR-FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPY - INFLUENCE OF THE ILLUMINATION CONDITIONS ON THE IMAGE-CONTRAST, Applied optics, 37(10), 1998, pp. 1814-1819
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Applied optics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036935
Volume
37
Issue
10
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1814 - 1819
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6935(1998)37:10<1814:ANOM-I>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
We report a hybrid microscope composed of an apertureless scanning nea r-field optical microscope and a commercial atomic force microscope. W e discuss the optical origin of the near-field images of a test sample . We show that the optical images have a sharp contrast that depends o n the illumination parameters: the state of polarization and the angle of incidence of the incident light. (C) 1998 Optical Society of Ameri ca.