Observation of nanostructure by scanning near-field optical microscope with small sphere probe

Step and terrace structure has been observed in an area of 1 μm×1 μm on the cleaved surface of KCl–KBr solid-solution single crystal by scanning near-field optical microscope (SNOM) with a small sphere probe of 500 nm diameter. Lateral spatial resolution of the SNOM system was estimated to be 20 nm...

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Main Author: Yasushi Oshikane, Toshihiko Kataoka, Mitsuru Okuda, Seiji Hara, Haruyuki Inoue and Motohiro Nakano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2007-01-01
Series:Science and Technology of Advanced Materials
Online Access:http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/1468-6996/8/3/A12