DocumentCode
2237704
Title
Mid-infrared absorption microscopy with λ/100 spatial resolution using tunable quantum cascade lasers
Author
Lu, Feng ; Belkin, Mikhail
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
fYear
2011
fDate
1-6 May 2011
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
Highly-sensitive mid-infrared microscopy is reported. Subwavelength resolution is achieved by detecting absorption through local sample expansion. High sensitivity is obtained by moving laser pulses repetition rate in resonance with the atomic force microscope cantilever eigenfrequency.
Keywords
laser tuning; light absorption; quantum cascade lasers; atomic force microscope cantilever eigenfrequency; highly-sensitive mid-infrared microscopy; laser pulses repetition rate; local sample expansion; mid-infrared absorption microscopy; spatial resolution; subwavelength resolution; tunable quantum cascade lasers; Absorption; Microscopy; Optical microscopy; Optical pulses; Quantum cascade lasers; Resonant frequency; Spatial resolution;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-1223-4
Type
conf
Filename
5950522
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