Near Field Optics

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Some Remarks on the History of Near-Field Optics....Pages 1-5
Principles and Applications of Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscopy (NSOM)....Pages 7-15
Near Field Optical and Exciton Imaging, Spectroscopy and Chemical Sensors....Pages 17-24
Amplitude, Phase Contrast, and Polarization Imaging in Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscopy....Pages 25-34
A Scanning Near-Field Optical Microscope (SNOM) for Biological Applications....Pages 35-44
Reflection Shear Force/Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscopy (NSOM)....Pages 45-50
Optical Tunneling through an Adjustable Liquid Metal Gap....Pages 51-58
Recent Experimental Results with the PSTM: - Observation of a Step on a Quartz Surface. - Spatial Spectroscopy of Microwaveguides....Pages 59-70
Combination of a Fiber and a Silicon Nitride Tip as a Bifunctional Detector; First Results and Perspectives....Pages 71-78
Combined Photon Scanning Tunneling Microscope and Atomic Force Microscope using Silicon Nitride Probes....Pages 79-86
The Reflection Near Field Optical Microscope: An Alternative to STOM....Pages 87-96
Scanning Tunneling Optical Microscopy: Application to very Low Relief Objects....Pages 97-104
Quantum Optical Picture of Photon STM and Proposal of Single Atom Manipulation....Pages 105-114
Low Temperature Photon Scanning Tunneling Microscope....Pages 115-120
Light Forces on Dielectric Particles and Atoms....Pages 121-130
Nanometer Resolution Photon STM and Single Atom Manipulation....Pages 131-139
Scanned Probe Optical Microscopy using a Non-Intrusive Probe....Pages 141-146
Theory of Evanescent and Radiative Fields....Pages 147-156
Theoretical Problems in Scanning Near-Field Optical Microscopy....Pages 157-178
Scanning Tunneling Optical Microscopy (STOM): Theoretical Study of Polarization Effects with two Models of Tip....Pages 179-188
The 90° Prism Edge as a Model Snom Probe: Near-Field, Photon Tunneling, and Far-Field Properties....Pages 189-198
Optical Near Field Detection and Local Spectroscopy of a Surface: A Self-Consistent Theoretical Study....Pages 199-208
Near field scattered by subsurface particles....Pages 209-220
Theoretical Considerations Associated with Near-Field Scanning by Subwavelength Apertures....Pages 221-228
On the Resolution Limit of Near-Field Optical Microscopy....Pages 229-237
Emission and Absorption of Light by Electrons or Atoms in Optical Near Fields....Pages 239-246
A Perturbation-Theory Approach to Scanning Near-Field Optical Microscopy (SNOM)....Pages 247-254
The Tetrahedral Tip as a Probe for Scanning Near-Field Optical Microscopy....Pages 255-262
Development of a Scanned Near-Field Optical Microscope for Magneto-Optic Kerr Imaging of Magnetic Domains with 10 nm Resolution....Pages 263-272
Scanning Plasmon Near-Field Microscope....Pages 273-280
Direct Measurement of the Field Enhancement Caused by Surface Plasmons with the Scanning Tunneling Optical Microscope....Pages 281-286
Sensing Tip Morphology in Scanning Optical Microscopes....Pages 287-294
Fiber Tips for Reflection Scanning Near-Field Optical Microscopy....Pages 295-302
The Concept of an Optoelectronic Probe for Near Field Microscopy....Pages 303-308
First Specifications of a PSTM Working In the Infrared....Pages 309-316
Far-Infrared Near-Field Spectroscopy of Two-Dimensional Electron Systems....Pages 317-324
Tunneling with Coupling to Surface Plasmons....Pages 325-331
Optical Spectroscopy and Microscopy Using Scanning Tunneling Microscopy....Pages 333-340
Calculation of Resonantly Enhanced Light Emission from a Scanning Tunneling Microscope....Pages 341-352
Light Emission from the Tunnel Junction of the STM. Possible Role of Tcherenkov Effect....Pages 353-360
A Technique for the Observation of Magneto-Optical Effects with Nanometer Resolution....Pages 361-366
A New Kind of Surface Wave: The Localiton....Pages 367-376
Diffraction Gratings as Components for Photon Scanning Tunneling Microscope Image Interpretation....Pages 377-378
Optical Near-Field Interaction: On The Local Field Inside a Quantum Tip....Pages 379-390
A Scanning Near-Field Optical Microscope with Optical Distance Control....Pages 391-398
Progress in Vibrating Stylus Near Field Microscopy....Pages 399-406
Development of a New Optical Tunneling Microscope....Pages 407-410
Back Matter....Pages 411-418