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Reconstruction of the Near-Field Electric Field by SNOM Measurement

Journal

NANO LETTERS
Volume 23, Issue 21, Pages 9900-9906

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AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c02833

Keywords

scanning near-field optical microscope (SNOM); pointdipole method; quantitative analysis; reconstruction

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The plasmonic properties of nano materials/structures have been extensively studied using SNOM, but the quantification of SNOM measurements has remained a challenge. In this study, researchers used a point-dipole model and theoretical calculations to establish the quantitative relationship between measured results and actual near-field electric field strength. They were able to experimentally reconstruct the near-field electric field using this relationship, and also developed an experimental technique and FEM simulation for acquiring the relationship and reconstructing the field.
Scanning near-field optical microscope (SNOM) with nanoscale spatial resolution has been a powerful tool in studying the plasmonic properties of nano materials/structures. However, the quantification of the SNOM measurement remains a major challenge in the field due to the lack of reliable methodologies. We employed the point-dipole model to describe the tip-surface interaction upon laser illumination and theoretically derived the quantitative relationship between the measured results and the actual near-field electric field strength. Thus, we can experimentally reconstruct the near-field electric field through this theoretically calculated relationship. We also developed an experimental technique together with FEM simulation to get the above relationship experimentally and reconstruct the near-field electric field from the measurement by SNOM.

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