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Thermal radiation scanning tunnelling microscopy

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  • Yannick De Wilde

    (Laboratoire d’Optique Physique, Ecole Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles, CNRS-UPR A0005)

  • Florian Formanek

    (Laboratoire d’Optique Physique, Ecole Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles, CNRS-UPR A0005
    Ecole Normale Supérieure
    Nanophotonics Laboratory-RIKEN)

  • Rémi Carminati

    (CNRS, Grande Voie des Vignes)

  • Boris Gralak

    (Institut Fresnel, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques de St Jérôme, CNRS)

  • Paul-Arthur Lemoine

    (Laboratoire d’Optique Physique, Ecole Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles, CNRS-UPR A0005)

  • Karl Joulain

    (Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Mécanique et d’Aérotechnique)

  • Jean-Philippe Mulet

    (CNRS, Grande Voie des Vignes
    Saint-Gobain Recherche)

  • Yong Chen

    (CNRS)

  • Jean-Jacques Greffet

    (CNRS, Grande Voie des Vignes)

Abstract

Microscopy hots up The resolution achievable by optical imaging is limited by the wavelength of the light used — the diffraction limit. Near-field scanning optical microscopy circumvents this limit by using a probe smaller than the wavelength of the incident light to map out the electromagnetic field at the sample surface, allowing a resolution well beyond the diffraction limit. Now a variant of this technique has been developed that does away with external illumination altogether. The new technique, called thermal radiation scanning tunnelling microscopy or TRSTM, makes use of the thermal infrared emissions from the sample itself. Think of it as a near-field equivalent of a night-vision camera.

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  • Yannick De Wilde & Florian Formanek & Rémi Carminati & Boris Gralak & Paul-Arthur Lemoine & Karl Joulain & Jean-Philippe Mulet & Yong Chen & Jean-Jacques Greffet, 2006. "Thermal radiation scanning tunnelling microscopy," Nature, Nature, vol. 444(7120), pages 740-743, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:444:y:2006:i:7120:d:10.1038_nature05265
    DOI: 10.1038/nature05265
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    1. Xiaohong Li & Tongbiao Wang & Tianbao Yu & Qinghua Liao, 2022. "Near-field radiative heat transfer in the three-body system made of nanoporous silicon carbide," The European Physical Journal B: Condensed Matter and Complex Systems, Springer;EDP Sciences, vol. 95(9), pages 1-10, September.

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