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A Monatomic Optical Near-Field Microscope with Subnanometer Spatial Resolution

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We propose the principle of operation of an optical near-field microscope on the basis of linear steady-state optical dimensional resonances in the system atom-probe–atoms of the sample. It is shown that such a microscope has high sensitivity and a spatial resolution of less than 1 nm and does not set limits on the choice of samples. The distribution of the optical fields in the wave and near zones in the near-field microscope at frequencies close to the optical dimensional resonances arising as a result of dipole-dipole interactions of atoms at small distances has been investigated. The optical scheme of the monatomic near-field microscope is presented.

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  1. Ul'yanovsk State University, 42 L. Tolstoi Str., Ul'yanovsk, 432700, Russia

    O. N. Gadomskii, K. Yu. Moiseev & O. F. Nikol'skii

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Gadomskii, O.N., Moiseev, K.Y. & Nikol'skii, O.F. A Monatomic Optical Near-Field Microscope with Subnanometer Spatial Resolution. Journal of Applied Spectroscopy 70, 605–614 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026114918373

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