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Demonstrate a near-field optical microscopy technique capable of achieving 10-angstrom spatial resolution using an apertureless interferometric system.

August 25, 1995Science

Scanning Interferometric Apertureless Microscopy: Optical Imaging at 10 Angstrom Resolution

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FZFrédéric ZenhausernUniversity of Arizona YMY. MartinHospital Piñero HWH. K. WickramasingheUniversity of California, Irvine

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Experimental study demonstrates optical imaging at 10-angstrom resolution using an interferometric apertureless technique, highlighting a novel contrast mechanism based on dipole-dipole coupling.

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Demonstrate a near-field optical microscopy technique capable of achieving 10-angstrom spatial resolution using an apertureless interferometric system.
Positioned a vibrating probe tip in close proximity to a sample surface to perturb the local electric field.
Measured the scattered electric field variation by encoding it as an optical phase modulation within one arm of an interferometer.
Achieved an optical imaging resolution of 10 angstroms.
Demonstrated an imaging contrast mechanism driven by the modulated dipole-dipole coupling between two externally driven dipoles rather than conventional sample polarizability.

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Zenhausern et al. (1995) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d726db8a0e2c5879befa1d https://doi.org/10.1126/science.269.5227.1083

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Experimental study demonstrates optical imaging at 10-angstrom resolution using an interferometric apertureless technique, highlighting a novel contrast mechanism based on dipole-dipole coupling.

Scanning Interferometric Apertureless Microscopy: Optical Imaging at 10 Angstrom Resolution

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