• DocumentCode
    2885206
  • Title

    Ultrahigh resolution scattering near-field vibrational microscopy with single molecule sensitivity

  • Author

    Neacsu, Catalin C. ; Dreyer, Jens ; Behr, Nicolas ; Raschke, Markus B.

  • Author_Institution
    Max-Born-Inst. fur Nichtlineare Opt. und Kurzzeitspektroskopie, Berlin
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Scanning probe vibrational Raman microscopy with single molecule sensitivity is demonstrated. This is facilitated by unique optical antenna properties of the metallic probe tip and resulting plasmonic tip-sample coupling providing sub-10 nm spatial resolution.
  • Keywords
    dyes; optical microscopy; plasmonics; surface enhanced Raman scattering; malachite green molecules; metallic probe tip; near-field vibrational microscopy; optical antenna properties; plasmonic tip-sample coupling; scanning probe vibrational Raman microscopy; single molecule sensitivity; Biomedical optical imaging; Microscopy; Optical coupling; Optical scattering; Optical sensors; Optical surface waves; Plasmons; Probes; Raman scattering; Stimulated emission; (180.5810) Scanning microscopy; (240.6680) Surface plasmons;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2006.4629072
  • Filename
    4629072