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JOURNAL OF MICROSCOPY-OXFORD
Volume 205, Issue -, Pages 147-152Publisher
BLACKWELL PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1046/j.0022-2720.2001.00979.x
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aperture probe; apertureless probe; contrast mechanisms; image formation; local probe microscopy; near-field optics; numerical simulations; scattering probe; surface roughness
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We study the influence of metal roughness on the near-field distribution generated by an aperture or an apertureless (scattering) probe. Different experimental parameters are investigated: roughness magnitude, aperture form, distribution of the roughness. Our results show that aluminium roughness has a dramatic impact on the emission characteristics of a near-field probe and in particular on its polarization sensitivity. Apertureless or scattering probes appear to be less sensitive to roughness and to provide a well confined field even with a somewhat rough probe.
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