Near-field Optical Microscopy and Its Applications (This book is suitable for students, teachers, scientific and technological workers, and relevant leaders with a college education or higher.)

Author: Zhang Shulin
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Publish Date: 2003-03-01
Features: The near-field optical microscope (scanning near-field optical microscope, SNOM, or near-field scanning optical microscope, NSOM), invented over a decade ago, marks the breakthrough of the traditional optical microscope's resolution limit due to diffraction. It enables humans to observe and study the surface morphology and intrinsic properties of objects at scales smaller than submicrometers using optical methods in the future, providing new tools and knowledge for the development of science, technology, and production, and greatly advancing the field of near-field optics. This book discusses the physical foundation and working principles of the near-field optical microscope from multiple perspectives by comparing it with traditional optical microscopes. It specifically describes various types of near-field optical microscopes and their derived optical instruments, introducing many important applications of near-field optical microscopes up to the beginning of 2000. Additionally, it provides a concise explanation of related near-field optical theories centered around the near-field optical microscope.