Title :
Infrared nanoscopy
Author_Institution :
Max-Planck-Inst. fur Biochem., Martinsried
Abstract :
My contribution is to highlight a recent advance in the area of microscopy: infrared near-field microscopy of the scattering type (infrared s-SNOM). This ultra-resolving infrared microscopy has come quite as a surprise because the >3 mum wavelengths seemed to prohibit - from Abbe´s rule - any sub-micrometer resolution. The realization of a 10-nm resolving infrared microscope enables the power of infrared spectroscopy to benefit future nanoscience research.
Keywords :
infrared spectroscopy; optical microscopy; Abbe rule-any submicrometer resolution; infrared nanoscopy; infrared near-field microscopy; nanoscience research; scattering type; ultraresolving infrared microscopy; Atom optics; Atomic force microscopy; Electron optics; Infrared spectra; Light scattering; Optical microscopy; Optical scattering; Optical surface waves; Particle scattering; Scanning electron microscopy; THz microscopy; infrared frequency combs; infrared microscopy; near-field microscopy;
Conference_Titel :
Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2007 and the 2007 15th International Conference on Terahertz Electronics. IRMMW-THz. Joint 32nd International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cardiff
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1438-3
DOI :
10.1109/ICIMW.2007.4516382
