Influence of aperture diameter on image contrast and resolution in scanning near-field optical microscopy
作者:
J. Scho¨fer,
M. J. Gregor,
P. G. Blome,
R. G. Ulbrich,
期刊:
Journal of Applied Physics
(AIP Available online 1997)
卷期:
Volume 81,
issue 9
页码: 5871-5877
ISSN:0021-8979
年代: 1997
DOI:10.1063/1.364373
出版商: AIP
数据来源: AIP
摘要:
The influence of aperture diameter on image contrast and resolution in scanning near-field optical microscopy has been investigated. Evanescent standing wave fields at glass–air interfaces were probed with well-characterized aluminum-coated fiber tips. A strong decrease in image contrast was found when the aperture diameter exceeds a critical value. Numerical simulations with the concept of an intensity transfer function using the axial component of the Poynting vector inside the probe demonstrate that this phenomenon is the result of the increasing influence of higher-order waveguide modes on power transmission through the probe. It has been shown that standing wave patterns are convenient and reliable reference devices for individual probe characterization and quantification of their resolving power. ©1997 American Institute of Physics.
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