Broadband infrared vibrational nano-spectroscopy using thermal blackbody radiation

O’Callahan, Brian T.; Lewis, William E.; Möbius, Silke; Stanley, Jared C.; Muller, Eric A.; Raschke, Markus B.

doi:10.1364/OE.23.032063

Broadband infrared vibrational nano-spectroscopy using thermal blackbody radiation

Journal Article · Wed Dec 02 23:00:00 EST 2015 · Optics Express

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.23.032063· OSTI ID:1240131

O’Callahan, Brian T. ^[1]; Lewis, William E. ^[2]; Möbius, Silke ^[2]; Stanley, Jared C. ^[2]; Muller, Eric A. ^[2]; Raschke, Markus B. ^[2]

Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States); University of Colorado
Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)

Infrared vibrational nano-spectroscopy based on scattering scanning near-field optical microscopy (s-SNOM) provides intrinsic chemical specificity with nanometer spatial resolution. Here we use incoherent infrared radiation from a 1400 K thermal blackbody emitter for broadband infrared (IR) nano-spectroscopy.With optimized interferometric heterodyne signal amplification we achieve few-monolayer sensitivity in phonon polariton spectroscopy and attomolar molecular vibrational spectroscopy. Near-field localization and nanoscale spatial resolution is demonstrated in imaging flakes of hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) and determination of its phonon polariton dispersion relation. The signal-to-noise ratio calculations and analysis for different samples and illumination sources provide a reference for irradiance requirements and the attainable near-field signal levels in s-SNOM in general. As a result, the use of a thermal emitter as an IR source thus opens s-SNOM for routine chemical FTIR nano-spectroscopy.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0008807

OSTI ID:: 1240131

Journal Information:: Optics Express, Journal Name: Optics Express Journal Issue: 25 Vol. 23; ISSN 1094-4087; ISSN OPEXFF

Publisher:: Optical Society of America (OSA)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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