Optics at the Nanometer Scale: Imaging and Storing with Photonic Near Fields

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Theory of Imaging in Near-field Microscopy....Pages 1-26
Light Scattering by Tips in Front of Surfaces....Pages 27-40
A Numerical Study of a Model Near-Field Optical Microscope....Pages 41-61
Short and Long Range Interactions in Near Field Optics....Pages 63-93
Modelling Optical Resonators Probed by Subwavelength Sized Optical Detectors....Pages 95-104
Instrumentation in Near Field Optics....Pages 105-117
Effect of the Coherence in Near Field Microscopy....Pages 119-130
Scanning Interferometric Apertureless Microscopy at 10 Angstrom Resoultion....Pages 131-141
Primary Imaging Modes in Near-Field Microscopy....Pages 143-150
Local Excitation of Surface Plasmons by “TNOM”....Pages 151-161
Weak Localization of Surface Plasmon Polaritons: Direct Observation with Photon Scanning Tunneling Microscope....Pages 163-173
STM-Induced Photon Emission From AU (110)....Pages 175-180
Writing of Nanolines on a Ferroelectric Surface with a Scanning Near-Field Optical Microscope....Pages 181-190
Near Field Optics with High-Q Whispering-Gallery Modes....Pages 191-203
Fluorescence Microscopy and Spectroscopy by Scanning Near-Field Optical/Atomic Force Microscope (SNOM-AFM)....Pages 205-221
Fluorescence Lifetime Contrast Combined with Probe Microscopy....Pages 223-233
Towards SNIM: Scanning Near-Field Microscopy in the Infrared....Pages 235-245
6 NM Lateral Resolution in Scanning Near Field Optical Microscopy with the Tetrahedral Tip....Pages 247-256
An Aperture-Type Reflection-Mode SNOM....Pages 257-261
Surface Modifications via Photo-Chemistry in a Reflection Scanning Near-Field Optical Microscope....Pages 263-275
Near-Field Diffraction Microscopy with a Coherent Low-Energy e-Beam: Fresnel Projection Microscope....Pages 277-296
Back Matter....Pages 297-301