• DocumentCode
    2805864
  • Title

    Optical heterodyne force microscopy

  • Author

    Kumano, N. ; Inagaki, K. ; Kolosov, O.V. ; Wright, O.B.

  • Author_Institution
    Fac. of Eng., Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo, Japan
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    1998
  • Firstpage
    1269
  • Abstract
    We present a new technique, Optical Heterodyne Force Microscopy, that allows local probing of photothermally-induced ultrasonic vibrations of a sample surface. We demonstrate with images of a sample of highly-oriented pyrolytic graphite obtained at megahertz optical modulation frequencies that lateral resolution of surface and subsurface variations in thermal properties can be achieved on nanometer scales
  • Keywords
    acoustic microscopy; atomic force microscopy; heterodyne detection; optical microscopy; photothermal effects; C; highly oriented pyrolytic graphite; nanoscale surface imaging; optical heterodyne force microscopy; optical modulation; photothermal effect; thermal properties; ultrasonic vibration; Atomic force microscopy; Frequency; Optical imaging; Optical microscopy; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Optical sensors; Thermal conductivity; Thermal force; Vibrations;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Ultrasonics Symposium, 1998. Proceedings., 1998 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Sendai
  • ISSN
    1051-0117
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-4095-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ULTSYM.1998.765070
  • Filename
    765070