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Direct measurement of nanometric displacement under an optical microscope

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Abstract

A novel method has been developed to measure nanometric displacement under a conventional optical microscope. The magnified image of a pinhole was divided into two parts using a prism-shaped mirror. The difference of light intensity between the divided images was determined, which was proportional to displacement of the pinhole. Using a 5-μm diam pinhole, the accuracy to determine displacement was ∼1 nm. Instead of a pinhole, polystyrene microbeads were used in the new method. Displacement of the microbeads was also measured with nanometric accuracy. This technique could be used to probe nanometric phenomena using optical microscopes.

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