Published February 21, 2014 | Version v1
Journal article

Operation of a wet near-field scanning optical microscope in stable zones by minimizing the resonance change of tuning forks

  • 1. Center for Integrated Nanostructure Physics, Institute for Basic Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746 (Korea, Republic of)
  • 2. Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Inha University, Incheon 402-751 (Korea, Republic of)
  • 3. Center for Subwavelength Optics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-747 (Korea, Republic of)
  • 4. School of Mechanical Engineering, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, Republic of Korea (Korea, Republic of)
  • 5. Department of Physics, Incheon National University, Incheon 406-772 (Korea, Republic of)

Description

A resonant shift and a decrease of resonance quality of a tuning fork attached to a conventional fiber optic probe in the vicinity of liquid is monitored systematically while varying the protrusion length and immersion depth of the probe. Stable zones where the resonance modification as a function of immersion depth is minimized are observed. A wet near-field scanning optical microscope (wet-NSOM) is operated for a sample within water by using such a stable zone. (paper)

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/25/7/075704

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nanotechnology (Print)
Journal Volume
25
Journal Issue
7
Journal Page Range
[7 p.]
ISSN
0957-4484

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
47040859
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
DEPTH; FIBERS; LENGTH; LIQUIDS; MONITORS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPES; PROBES; RESONANCE; TUNING; ZONES
Descriptors DEC
DIMENSIONS; FLUIDS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MICROSCOPES