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Modulation imaging in reflection-mode near-field scanning optical microscopy
1Corrosion Research Center, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455, USA.
Abstract:
A simple implementation of modulation of the near-field optical signal of near-field probes based on the shear-force feedback system is demonstrated in a reflection-mode near-field optical microscope. The modulation exhibits a derivative type of dependence on the near-field signal and no sensitivity to topography. It is shown that the modulation image can be calculated directly from the derivative of the conventional near-field scattering image. This type of near-field modulation is an excellent way to reject far-field artifacts from the near-field signal.
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