Fabrication of a triple tapered probe for near-field optical spectroscopy in UV region based on selective etching of a multistep index fiber

Shuji Mononobe; Toshiharu Saiki; T. Suzuki; S. Koshihara; M. Ohtsu

doi:10.1016/S0030-4018(97)00506-3

Fabrication of a triple tapered probe for near-field optical spectroscopy in UV region based on selective etching of a multistep index fiber

Shuji Mononobe, Toshiharu Saiki, T. Suzuki, S. Koshihara, M. Ohtsu

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Abstract

We propose a method to fabricate a novel triple tapered probe for highly sensitive and highly resolved near-field optical microscopy in a near ultraviolet region. The method is based on selective etching of a multistep index fiber. The obtained fiber probe has a triple tapered structure with three taper angles of 60°, 120°, and 60°. With near-field optical microscopy employing the probe, we succeeded in obtaining a photoluminescence image of polysilanes excited by an ultraviolet laser with a wavelength of 351 nm.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	45-48
Number of pages	4
Journal	Optics Communications
Volume	146
Issue number	1-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0030-4018(97)00506-3
Publication status	Published - 1998 Jan 15
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Buffered hydrogen fluoride solution
Near-field optics
Optical fiber
Scanning probe microscopy
Selective etching
Ultraviolet spectroscopy
Vapor-phase axial deposition

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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