Near-field Raman imaging using optically trapped dielectric microsphere

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[Crossref]

N. Anderson, A. Bouhelier, and L. Novotny, “Near-field photonics: tip-enhanced microscopy and spectroscopy on the nanoscale,” J. Opt. A 8, S227–S233 (2006).
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S. H. Christiansen, M. Becker, S. Fahlbusch, J. Michler, V. Sivakov, G. Andra, and R. Geiger, “Signal enhancement in nano-Raman spectroscopy by gold caps on silicon nanowires obtained by vapour-liquid-solid growth,” Nanotechnology 18, 035503 (2007).
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[Crossref]

V. Senez, A. Armigliato, I. D. Wolf, G. Carnevale, R. Balboni, S. Frabboni, and A. Benedetti, “Strain determination in silicon microstructures by combined convergent beam electron diffraction, process simulation, and micro-Raman spectroscopy,” J. Appl. Phys. 94, 5574–5583 (2003).
[Crossref]

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[Crossref] [PubMed]

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[Crossref] [PubMed]

X. Li, Z. G. Chen, A. Taflove, and V. Backman, “Optical analysis of nanoparticles via enhanced backscattering facilitated by 3-D photonic nanojets,” Opt. Express 13, 526–533 (2005).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

V. Senez, A. Armigliato, I. D. Wolf, G. Carnevale, R. Balboni, S. Frabboni, and A. Benedetti, “Strain determination in silicon microstructures by combined convergent beam electron diffraction, process simulation, and micro-Raman spectroscopy,” J. Appl. Phys. 94, 5574–5583 (2003).
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[Crossref]

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[Crossref]

M. Becker, V. Sivakov, G. Andra, R. Geiger, J. Schreiber, S. Hoffmann, J. Michler, A. P. Milenin, P. Werner, and S. H. Christiansen, “The SERS and TERS effects obtained by gold droplets on top of Si nanowires,” Nano Lett. 7, 75–80 (2007).
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[Crossref]

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H. G. Frey, C. Bolwien, A. Brandenburg, R. Ros, and D. Anselmetti, “Optimized apertureless optical near-field probes with 15 nm optical resolution,” Nanotechnology 17, 3105–3110 (2006).
[Crossref]

E. Bonera, M. Fanciulli, and D. N. Batchelder, “Combining high resolution and tensorial analysis in Raman stress measurements of silicon,” J. Appl. Phys. 94, 2729–2740 (2003).
[Crossref]

E. Bonera, M. Fanciulli, and D. N. Batchelder, “Raman spectroscopy for a micrometric and tensorial analysis of stress in silicon,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 81, 3377–3379 (2002).
[Crossref]

N. Anderson, A. Bouhelier, and L. Novotny, “Near-field photonics: tip-enhanced microscopy and spectroscopy on the nanoscale,” J. Opt. A 8, S227–S233 (2006).
[Crossref]

P. R. Chidambaram, C. Bowen, S. Chakravarthi, C. Machala, and R. Wise, “Fundamentals of silicon material properties for successful exploitation of strain engineering in modern CMOS manufacturing,” IEEE Trans. Electron Dev. 53, 944–964 (2006).
[Crossref]

H. G. Frey, C. Bolwien, A. Brandenburg, R. Ros, and D. Anselmetti, “Optimized apertureless optical near-field probes with 15 nm optical resolution,” Nanotechnology 17, 3105–3110 (2006).
[Crossref]

J. Grausem, B. Humbert, M. Spajer, D. Courjon, A. Burneau, and J. Oswalt, “Near-field Raman spectroscopy,” J. Raman Specstrosc. 30, 833–840 (1999).
[Crossref]

V. Senez, A. Armigliato, I. D. Wolf, G. Carnevale, R. Balboni, S. Frabboni, and A. Benedetti, “Strain determination in silicon microstructures by combined convergent beam electron diffraction, process simulation, and micro-Raman spectroscopy,” J. Appl. Phys. 94, 5574–5583 (2003).
[Crossref]

P. R. Chidambaram, C. Bowen, S. Chakravarthi, C. Machala, and R. Wise, “Fundamentals of silicon material properties for successful exploitation of strain engineering in modern CMOS manufacturing,” IEEE Trans. Electron Dev. 53, 944–964 (2006).
[Crossref]

S. L. Wu, Y. M. Lin, S. J. Chang, S. C. Lu, P. S. Chen, and C. W. Liu, “Enhanced CMOS performances using substrate strained-SiGe and mechanical strained-Si technology,” IEEE Electron Device Lett. 27, 46–48 (2006).
[Crossref]

S. L. Wu, Y. M. Lin, S. J. Chang, S. C. Lu, P. S. Chen, and C. W. Liu, “Enhanced CMOS performances using substrate strained-SiGe and mechanical strained-Si technology,” IEEE Electron Device Lett. 27, 46–48 (2006).
[Crossref]

X. Li, Z. G. Chen, A. Taflove, and V. Backman, “Optical analysis of nanoparticles via enhanced backscattering facilitated by 3-D photonic nanojets,” Opt. Express 13, 526–533 (2005).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

P. R. Chidambaram, C. Bowen, S. Chakravarthi, C. Machala, and R. Wise, “Fundamentals of silicon material properties for successful exploitation of strain engineering in modern CMOS manufacturing,” IEEE Trans. Electron Dev. 53, 944–964 (2006).
[Crossref]

J. Kim, J. H. Kim, K. B. Song, S. Q. Lee, E. K. Kim, S. E. Choi, Y. Lee, and K. H. Park, “Near-field imaging of surface plasmon on Au nano-dots fabricated by scanning probe lithography,” J. Microsc. 209, 236–239 (2003).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

S. H. Christiansen, M. Becker, S. Fahlbusch, J. Michler, V. Sivakov, G. Andra, and R. Geiger, “Signal enhancement in nano-Raman spectroscopy by gold caps on silicon nanowires obtained by vapour-liquid-solid growth,” Nanotechnology 18, 035503 (2007).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

M. Becker, V. Sivakov, G. Andra, R. Geiger, J. Schreiber, S. Hoffmann, J. Michler, A. P. Milenin, P. Werner, and S. H. Christiansen, “The SERS and TERS effects obtained by gold droplets on top of Si nanowires,” Nano Lett. 7, 75–80 (2007).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

J. Grausem, B. Humbert, M. Spajer, D. Courjon, A. Burneau, and J. Oswalt, “Near-field Raman spectroscopy,” J. Raman Specstrosc. 30, 833–840 (1999).
[Crossref]

B. Hecht, B. Sick, U. P. Wild, V. Deckert, R. Zenobi, O. J. F. Martin, and D. W. Pohl, “Scanning near-field optical microscopy with aperture probes: Fundamentals and applications,” J. Chem. Phys. 112, 7761–7774 (2000).
[Crossref]

D. W. Pohl, W. Denk, and M. Lanz, “Optical stethoscopy: Image recording with resolution l/20,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 44, 651–653 (1984).
[Crossref]

G. Veshapidze, M. L. Trachy, M. H. Shah, and B. D. DePaola, “Reducing the uncertainty in laser beam size measurement with a scanning edge method,” Appl. Opt. 45, 8197–8199 (2006).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

H. H. Liu, X. F. Duan, X. Y. Qi, Q. X. Xu, H. O. Li, and H. Qian, “Nanoscale strain analysis of strained-Si metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistors by large angle convergent-beam electron diffraction,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 263513 (2006).
[Crossref]

A. L. Birkbeck, S. Zlatanovic, S. C. Esener, and M. Ozkan, “Laser-tweezer-controlled solid immersion microscopy in microfluidic systems,” Opt. Lett. 30, 2712–2714 (2005).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

S. H. Christiansen, M. Becker, S. Fahlbusch, J. Michler, V. Sivakov, G. Andra, and R. Geiger, “Signal enhancement in nano-Raman spectroscopy by gold caps on silicon nanowires obtained by vapour-liquid-solid growth,” Nanotechnology 18, 035503 (2007).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

E. Bonera, M. Fanciulli, and D. N. Batchelder, “Combining high resolution and tensorial analysis in Raman stress measurements of silicon,” J. Appl. Phys. 94, 2729–2740 (2003).
[Crossref]

E. Bonera, M. Fanciulli, and D. N. Batchelder, “Raman spectroscopy for a micrometric and tensorial analysis of stress in silicon,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 81, 3377–3379 (2002).
[Crossref]

D. Richards, R. G. Milner, F. Huang, and F. Festy, “Tip-enhanced Raman microscopy: practicalities and limitations,” J. Raman Spectrosc. 34, 66–667 (2003).
[Crossref]

N. Lee, R. D. Hartschuh, D. Mehtani, A. Kisliuk, J. F. Maguire, M. Green, M. D. Foster, and A. P. Sokolov, “High constrast scanning nano-Raman spectroscopy of silicon,” J. Raman Spectrosc. 38, 789–796 (2007).
[Crossref]

N. Lee, R. D. Hartschuh, D. Mehtani, A. Kisliuk, J. F. Maguire, M. Green, M. D. Foster, and A. P. Sokolov, “High constrast scanning nano-Raman spectroscopy of silicon,” J. Raman Spectrosc. 38, 789–796 (2007).
[Crossref]

V. Senez, A. Armigliato, I. D. Wolf, G. Carnevale, R. Balboni, S. Frabboni, and A. Benedetti, “Strain determination in silicon microstructures by combined convergent beam electron diffraction, process simulation, and micro-Raman spectroscopy,” J. Appl. Phys. 94, 5574–5583 (2003).
[Crossref]

H. G. Frey, C. Bolwien, A. Brandenburg, R. Ros, and D. Anselmetti, “Optimized apertureless optical near-field probes with 15 nm optical resolution,” Nanotechnology 17, 3105–3110 (2006).
[Crossref]

S. H. Christiansen, M. Becker, S. Fahlbusch, J. Michler, V. Sivakov, G. Andra, and R. Geiger, “Signal enhancement in nano-Raman spectroscopy by gold caps on silicon nanowires obtained by vapour-liquid-solid growth,” Nanotechnology 18, 035503 (2007).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

M. Becker, V. Sivakov, G. Andra, R. Geiger, J. Schreiber, S. Hoffmann, J. Michler, A. P. Milenin, P. Werner, and S. H. Christiansen, “The SERS and TERS effects obtained by gold droplets on top of Si nanowires,” Nano Lett. 7, 75–80 (2007).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

J. Grausem, B. Humbert, M. Spajer, D. Courjon, A. Burneau, and J. Oswalt, “Near-field Raman spectroscopy,” J. Raman Specstrosc. 30, 833–840 (1999).
[Crossref]

N. Lee, R. D. Hartschuh, D. Mehtani, A. Kisliuk, J. F. Maguire, M. Green, M. D. Foster, and A. P. Sokolov, “High constrast scanning nano-Raman spectroscopy of silicon,” J. Raman Spectrosc. 38, 789–796 (2007).
[Crossref]

N. Lee, R. D. Hartschuh, D. Mehtani, A. Kisliuk, J. F. Maguire, M. Green, M. D. Foster, and A. P. Sokolov, “High constrast scanning nano-Raman spectroscopy of silicon,” J. Raman Spectrosc. 38, 789–796 (2007).
[Crossref]

C. L. Jahncke, M. A. Paesler, and H. D. Hallen, “Raman imaging with near-field scanning optical microscopy,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 67, 2483–2485 (1995).
[Crossref]

N. Anderson, A. Hartschuh, and L. Novotny, “Near-field Raman microscopy,” Materials Today May, 50–54 (2005).

N. Lee, R. D. Hartschuh, D. Mehtani, A. Kisliuk, J. F. Maguire, M. Green, M. D. Foster, and A. P. Sokolov, “High constrast scanning nano-Raman spectroscopy of silicon,” J. Raman Spectrosc. 38, 789–796 (2007).
[Crossref]

N. Lee, R. D. Hartschuh, D. Mehtani, A. Kisliuk, J. F. Maguire, M. Green, M. D. Foster, and A. P. Sokolov, “High constrast scanning nano-Raman spectroscopy of silicon,” J. Raman Spectrosc. 38, 789–796 (2007).
[Crossref]

N. Hayazawa, M. Motohashi, Y. Saito, H. Ishitobi, A. Ono, T. Ichimura, P. Verma, and S. Kawata, “Visualization of localized strain of a crystalline thin layer at the nanoscale by tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy and microscopy,” J. Raman Spectrosc. 38, 684–696 (2007).
[Crossref]

Y. Saito, M. Motohashi, N. Hayazawa, M. Iyoki, and S. Kawata, “Nanoscale characterization of strained silicon by tip-enhanced Raman spectroscope in reflection mode,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 143109 (2006).
[Crossref]

B. Hecht, B. Sick, U. P. Wild, V. Deckert, R. Zenobi, O. J. F. Martin, and D. W. Pohl, “Scanning near-field optical microscopy with aperture probes: Fundamentals and applications,” J. Chem. Phys. 112, 7761–7774 (2000).
[Crossref]

B. Hecht, H. Heinzelmann, and D. W. Pohl, “Combined aperture SNOM/PSTM: best of both worlds?,” Ultramicroscopy 57, 228–234 (1995).
[Crossref]

B. Hecht, H. Heinzelmann, and D. W. Pohl, “Combined aperture SNOM/PSTM: best of both worlds?,” Ultramicroscopy 57, 228–234 (1995).
[Crossref]

M. Becker, V. Sivakov, G. Andra, R. Geiger, J. Schreiber, S. Hoffmann, J. Michler, A. P. Milenin, P. Werner, and S. H. Christiansen, “The SERS and TERS effects obtained by gold droplets on top of Si nanowires,” Nano Lett. 7, 75–80 (2007).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

D. H. Pan, N. Klymyshyn, D. H. Hu, and H. P. Lu, “Tip-enhanced near-field Raman spectroscopy probing single dye-sensitized TiO2 nanoparticles,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 093121 (2006).
[Crossref]

D. Richards, R. G. Milner, F. Huang, and F. Festy, “Tip-enhanced Raman microscopy: practicalities and limitations,” J. Raman Spectrosc. 34, 66–667 (2003).
[Crossref]

J. Grausem, B. Humbert, M. Spajer, D. Courjon, A. Burneau, and J. Oswalt, “Near-field Raman spectroscopy,” J. Raman Specstrosc. 30, 833–840 (1999).
[Crossref]

N. Hayazawa, M. Motohashi, Y. Saito, H. Ishitobi, A. Ono, T. Ichimura, P. Verma, and S. Kawata, “Visualization of localized strain of a crystalline thin layer at the nanoscale by tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy and microscopy,” J. Raman Spectrosc. 38, 684–696 (2007).
[Crossref]

N. Hayazawa, M. Motohashi, Y. Saito, H. Ishitobi, A. Ono, T. Ichimura, P. Verma, and S. Kawata, “Visualization of localized strain of a crystalline thin layer at the nanoscale by tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy and microscopy,” J. Raman Spectrosc. 38, 684–696 (2007).
[Crossref]

Y. Saito, M. Motohashi, N. Hayazawa, M. Iyoki, and S. Kawata, “Nanoscale characterization of strained silicon by tip-enhanced Raman spectroscope in reflection mode,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 143109 (2006).
[Crossref]

C. L. Jahncke, M. A. Paesler, and H. D. Hallen, “Raman imaging with near-field scanning optical microscopy,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 67, 2483–2485 (1995).
[Crossref]

I. D. Wolf, H. E. Maes, and S. K. Jones, “Stress measurements in silicon devices through Raman spectroscopy: Bridging the gap between theory and experiment,” J. Appl. Phys. 79, 7148–7156 (1996).
[Crossref]

N. Hayazawa, M. Motohashi, Y. Saito, H. Ishitobi, A. Ono, T. Ichimura, P. Verma, and S. Kawata, “Visualization of localized strain of a crystalline thin layer at the nanoscale by tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy and microscopy,” J. Raman Spectrosc. 38, 684–696 (2007).
[Crossref]

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