Abstract
Spatial effects of interference and interaction of light modes in the subwavelength part of the near-field optical microscopy probe have been theoretically studied. It was found that the mode interference can lead to higher spatial compression of light (wavelength is equal to in free space) within the transverse size of inside the probe output aperture of in diameter. The results predict a principal possibility of higher spatial resolution in the near-field optical microscopy technique.
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