Infrared near-field imaging and spectroscopy based on thermal or synchrotron radiation
- Société Civile Synchrotron SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, St-Aubin BP48, 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex (France)
We demonstrate the coupling of a scattering near-field scanning optical microscope combined with a Fourier transform infrared spectrometer. The set-up operates using either the near-field thermal emission from the sample itself, which is proportional to the electromagnetic local density of states, or with an external infrared synchrotron source, which is broadband and highly brilliant. We perform imaging and spectroscopy measurements with sub-wavelength spatial resolution in the mid-infrared range on surfaces made of silicon carbide and gold and demonstrate the capabilities of the two configurations for super-resolved near-field mid-infrared hyperspectral imaging and that the simple use of a properly chosen bandpass filter on the detector allows one to image the spatial distribution of materials with sub-wavelength resolution by studying the contrast in the near-field images.
- OSTI ID:
- 22304451
- Journal Information:
- Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 104, Issue 25; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0003-6951
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
COUPLING
EMISSION
FILTERS
FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTROMETERS
FOURIER TRANSFORMATION
GOLD
INFRARED SPECTROMETERS
OPTICAL MICROSCOPES
SCATTERING
SILICON CARBIDES
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
SPATIAL RESOLUTION
SPECTROSCOPY
SURFACES
SYNCHROTRON RADIATION
SYNCHROTRON RADIATION SOURCES
THERMAL RADIATION
WAVELENGTHS