Gold coating of fiber tips in near-field scanning optical microscopy

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作者：
Vikram, CS [1 ]
Witherow, WK
机构：
[1] Univ Alabama, Ctr Appl Opt, Huntsville, AL 35899 USA
[2] NASA, George C Marshall Space Flight Ctr, Space Sci Lab, Huntsville, AL 35812 USA
来源：
OPTIK | 2000年 / 111卷 / 09期
关键词：
scanning microscopy; coating; fiber optics; micro-optics; near-field;
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中图分类号：
O43 [光学];
学科分类号：
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要：
We report what is believed to be the first experimental demonstration of gold coating by a chemical baking process on tapered fiber tips used in near-field scanning optical microscopy. Many tips can be simultaneously coated.
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页码：410 / 412
页数：3
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