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Dependence on the sample width of signals from a near-field optical microscope

Masashi Kiguchi, Midori Kato, Takeshi Shimano, Mariko Umeda, Shigeru Nakamura, Yoshiko Nishi, Mitsuyoshi Igai, and Sadanori Yamada

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Abstract

We numerically investigated signals from a scanning near-field optical microscope (NOM) for samples of various sizes by using the finite-difference time-domain method. Under the usual conditions that apply to detection, the signal intensity depends on the width of the sample, even though the sample will be wider than the wavelength, which is much larger than the aperture, i.e., the lateral resolution of the NOM. This is an obstacle to measuring the local optical constant of samples by means of obtaining the signal intensity. When waves propagating in all directions are collected, this dependence on the sample width is reduced. The whole angle detection is important for observing the distribution of the optical constants.

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