Title : 
Tip-induced polaritonic resonance in scattering-type near-field microscopy
         
        
        
            Author_Institution : 
Max-Planck-Inst. fur Biophys. Chem., Martinsried, Germany
         
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
Apertureless near-field probing induces a resonant response in polaritonic (negative-epsilon) materials, demonstrated in 890-1090 cm/sup -1/ spectra (CO/sub 2/ laser) of (i) plasmon-enhancement by mobile electrons in Si, (ii) plasmon-enhancement by the fundamental lattice vibration of SiC.
         
        
            Keywords : 
elemental semiconductors; infrared spectra; near-field scanning optical microscopy; phonons; plasmons; polaritons; silicon; silicon compounds; wide band gap semiconductors; CO/sub 2/; Si; SiC; apertureless near-field probing; fundamental lattice vibration; mobile electrons; near-field microscopy; plasmon-enhancement; polaritonic materials; polaritonic resonance; probing tip; scattering; Chemicals; Electron mobility; Frequency; Gold; Lattices; Microscopy; Optical materials; Resonance; Scattering; Silicon carbide;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science, 2003. QELS. Postconference Digest
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Baltimore, MD, USA
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
1-55752-749-0
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/QELS.2003.238162