Spatial Resolution of Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscopy with Sub-Wavelength Aperture
Author(s) -
Hiroaki Nakamura,
K. Sawada,
Hirotomo Kambe,
Toshiharu Saiki,
Tetsuya Sato
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
progress of theoretical physics supplement
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0375-9687
DOI - 10.1143/ptps.138.173
Subject(s) - finite difference time domain method , optics , wavelength , resolution (logic) , aperture (computer memory) , near field scanning optical microscope , microscopy , image resolution , numerical aperture , field (mathematics) , near and far field , near field optics , optical microscope , physics , materials science , computer science , mathematics , scanning electron microscope , acoustics , artificial intelligence , pure mathematics
The finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method is employed to solve thethree dimensional Maxwell equation for the situation of near-field microscopyusing a sub-wavelength aperture. Experimental result on unexpected high spatialresolution is reproduced by our computer simulation.Comment: 2 pages, 3 figure
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