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Sample heating in near-field scanning optical microscopy
Erickson, Elizabeth S. Dunn, Robert C.
Erickson, Elizabeth S.
Dunn, Robert C.
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Abstract
Heating near the aperture of aluminumcoated,fiber opticnear-field scanning optical microscopy probes was studied as a function of input and output powers. Using the shear-force feedback method, near-field probes were positioned nanometers above a thermochromic polymer and spectra were recorded as the input power was varied. Excitation at 405 nm of a thin polymer film incorporating perylene and N-allyl-N-methylaniline leads to dual emission peaks in the spectra. The relative peak intensity is temperature sensitive leading to a ratiometric measurement, which avoids complications based solely on intensity. Using this method, we find that the proximal end of typical near-field probes modestly increase in temperature to 40–45 °C at output powers of a few nanowatts (input power of ∼0.15mW). This increases to 55–65 °C at higher output powers of 50 nW or greater (input power of ∼2–4mW). Thermal heating of the probe at higher powers leads to probe elongation, which limits the heating experienced by the sample.
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This is the published version, also available here: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2130388.
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2005-10-05
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American Institute of Physics
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Aluminium, Apertures, Fiber optics, Optical coatings, Optical polymers
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Erickson, Elizabeth S. & Dunn, Robert C. "Sample heating in near-field scanning optical microscopy." Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 201102 (2005); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2130388.