• DocumentCode
    1683683
  • Title

    Tip-enhanced photoexpansion nano-spectroscopy using tunable quantum cascade lasers

  • Author

    Lu, Feng ; Belkin, Mikhail A.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We report a novel mid-IR nano-spectroscopy technique. Absorption is detected by measuring associated sample expansion. High sensitivity and spatial resolution are obtained using local intensity enhancement below a metal atomic force microscope tip.
  • Keywords
    absorption; atomic force microscopy; infrared spectroscopy; quantum cascade lasers; absorption; associated sample expansion; local intensity enhancement; metal atomic force microscope tip; midinfrared nanospectroscopy technique; tip-enhanced photoexpansion nanospectroscopy; tunable quantum cascade lasers; Absorption; Microscopy; Plasmons; Quantum cascade lasers; Resonant frequency; Sensitivity; Spatial resolution;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6326803