Antenna-Attached Parabolic Probe for Excitation and Collection Modes in SNOM

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• 作者：Wei Zhu ; Tielin Shi ; Guanglan Liao ; Zirong Tang
• 关键词：Scanning near ; field optical microscopy ; Localized surface plasmon resonance ; Optical fiber probe ; Nano ; antenna
• 刊名：Plasmonics
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：12
• 期：1
• 页码：89-94
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• 刊物类别：Chemistry and Materials Science
• 刊物主题：Biotechnology; Nanotechnology; Biophysics and Biological Physics; Biochemistry, general;
• 出版者：Springer US
• ISSN：1557-1963
• 卷排序：12

文摘

A novel optical fiber probe with a parabola-like shape and a nano-antenna mounted on the center of its endface is proposed for simultaneous excitation and collection modes in scanning near-field optical microscopy. The working principles of the probe are demonstrated, and its optical properties are theoretically investigated and compared with the conventional tip-on-aperture probe. It shows that the probe can greatly boost both the enhancement factor for the excitation mode and the collection efficiency for the collection mode. The proposed probe is a promising tool to realize low-cost and high resolution for a wide variety of near-field measurements in biology, physics, and chemistry.