Laser Trapping of a Metallic Probe for Near Field Microscopy

@inproceedings{citeulike:2223501, abstract = {A metallic particle is an ideal scattering probe in near-field microscopy. The Laser trapping technique, which enables us to capture a microscopic object using radiation pressure force, has been applied to trap a nanometer-sized metallic particle and to scan the particle over a sample surface as a near-field probe. In this section the mechanism and experimental verification of three-dimensional laser trapping of a metallic particle are explained. The trapping force on a gold particle is greater than that on a glass particle when these particles are sufficiently small compared to the wavelength of light. Also the development of laser trapping NSOM is described. Observed images on various samples using 40 nm diameter gold particles are shown.<p>}, author = {Sugiura, T. }, booktitle = {Near-Field Optics and Surface Plasmon Polaritons, Edited by Satoshi Kawata, Topics in Applied Physics, vol. 81, pp.143-161}, citeulike-article-id = {2223501}, editor = {Kawata, S. }, keywords = {field, laser, metal, microscopy, near, nsom, optical, trap, tweezers}, pages = {143--161}, posted-at = {2008-01-12 22:03:28}, priority = {2}, title = {Laser Trapping of a Metallic Probe for Near Field Microscopy}, url = {http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib\_query?bibcode=2001nfos.conf..143S}, year = {2001} }

TY - CONF ID - citeulike:2223501 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2223501 TI - Laser Trapping of a Metallic Probe for Near Field Microscopy T2 - Near-Field Optics and Surface Plasmon Polaritons, Edited by Satoshi Kawata, Topics in Applied Physics, vol. 81, pp.143-161 SP - 143 EP - 161 N2 - A metallic particle is an ideal scattering probe in near-field microscopy. The Laser trapping technique, which enables us to capture a microscopic object using radiation pressure force, has been applied to trap a nanometer-sized metallic particle and to scan the particle over a sample surface as a near-field probe. In this section the mechanism and experimental verification of three-dimensional laser trapping of a metallic particle are explained. The trapping force on a gold particle is greater than that on a glass particle when these particles are sufficiently small compared to the wavelength of light. Also the development of laser trapping NSOM is described. Observed images on various samples using 40 nm diameter gold particles are shown.<p> KW - field KW - laser KW - metal KW - microscopy KW - near KW - nsom KW - optical KW - trap KW - tweezers AU - Sugiura, T A2 - Kawata, S PY - 2001/// UR - http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=2001nfos.conf..143S ER -