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Simanovskii D, Palanker D, Cohn K, et al. Transient optical elements: application to near-field microscopy. J Microsc. 2003;210:307-10doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.2003.01156.x.
Simanovskii, D., Palanker, D., Cohn, K., & Smith, T. (2003). Transient optical elements: application to near-field microscopy. Journal of microscopy, 210307-10. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2818.2003.01156.x
Simanovskii, D, et al. "Transient optical elements: application to near-field microscopy." Journal of microscopy vol. 210 (2003): 307-10. doi: https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2818.2003.01156.x
Simanovskii D, Palanker D, Cohn K, Smith T. Transient optical elements: application to near-field microscopy. J Microsc. 2003 Jun;210:307-10. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.2003.01156.x. PMID: 12787104.
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J Microsc. 2003 Jun;210:307-10. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.2003.01156.x.

Transient optical elements: application to near-field microscopy.

Journal of microscopy

D Simanovskii, D Palanker, K Cohn, T Smith

Affiliations

  1. Picosecond Free Electron Laser Center, W.W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-4085, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 12787104 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.2003.01156.x

Abstract

We report methods of near-field infrared microscopy with transient optically induced probes. The first technique - a transient aperture (TA) - uses photoinduced reflectivity in semiconductors to generate a relatively large transient mirror (TM) with a small aperture at its centre. We report the optical properties of the TM and TA and experiments performed on near-field imaging with the TA. The second technique is based on solid immersion microscopy, in which high resolution is achieved when light is focused inside a solid with a high refractive index. By creating a transient Fresnel lens on the surface of a semiconductor wafer via photoinduction, we were able to form a solid immersion lens (SIL) for use as a near-field probe. The use of transient probes eliminates the need for mechanical scanning of the lens or sample, and thus provides a much faster scanning rate and the possibility to work with soft and liquid objects.

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