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Applied Physics Letters / Volume 92 / Issue 10 / INTERDISCIPLINARY AND GENERAL PHYSICS

Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 104104 (2008); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2891060 (3 pages)

A scanning near-field middle-infrared microscope for the study of objects submerged in water

Max Platkov, Alexander Tsun, Lev Nagli, and Abraham Katzir

Raymond and Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Science, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv 69978, Israel

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(Received 8 October 2007; accepted 4 February 2008; published online 11 March 2008)

We had developed a scanning near-field middle-infrared microscope, based on AgClBr probes, which has a subwavelength resolution in air. We adapted this microscope for imaging of samples submerged in water. Toward this goal, we had to develop a theoretical model for the mechanical vibration of the probes in water and use it for the construction of an improved microscope. Using this system, we obtained infrared and topographic images of polymer beads of subwavelength diameters. This microscope will be particularly useful for high resolution spectral imaging of living biological cells in the middle infrared.

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Keywords

infrared imaging, near-field scanning optical microscopy, polymers, vibrations

PACS

  • 07.79.Fc

    Near-field scanning optical microscopes

  • 61.41.+e

    Polymers, elastomers, and plastics

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2891060

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0003-6951 (print)  
1077-3118 (online)

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