DocumentCode
376613
Title
Mercury treatment of near field fiber probes for overcoming light leakage
Author
Aiyer, H.N. ; Kawazoe, T. ; Lim, J. ; Shimizu, T. ; Ohtsu, M.
Author_Institution
ERATO, Japan Sci. & Technol. Corp., Tokyo, Japan
Volume
2
fYear
2001
fDate
15-19 July 2001
Abstract
The ´simple´ mercury treatment on near field probe has realized 7% improvement of optical density of metal coating, /spl sim/ ( 1/4 ) times decrease in optical leakage and 21% increase in optical damage threshold which reveals its potential usefulness.
Keywords
gold; mercury (metal); metallic thin films; near-field scanning optical microscopy; optical films; optical losses; Hg-Au; NSOM; SEM images; SEM study; X-ray photoelectron spectra; XPS spectra; light leakage; mercury treatment; metal coating; near field fiber probes; near field scanning optical microscopy; optical damage threshold; optical density; optical leakage; Aging; Apertures; Chemicals; Coatings; Fiber lasers; Gold; Mercury (metals); Optical films; Optical surface waves; Probes;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2001. The 4th Pacific Rim Conference on
Conference_Location
Chiba, Japan
Print_ISBN
0-7803-6738-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEOPR.2001.970986
Filename
970986
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