Optics at the Nanometer Scale

• Theory and Basic Principles.- Theory of Imaging in Near-Field Microscopy.- Light Scattering by Tips in Front of Surfaces.- A Numerical Study of a Model Near-Field Optical Microscope.- Short and Long Range Interactions in Near Field Optics.- Modelling Optical Resonators Probed by Subwavelength Sized Optical Detectors.- Experiments: Fundamentals and Applications.- Instrumentation in Near Field Optics.- Effect of the Coherence in Near Field Microscopy.- Scanning Interferometric Apertureless Microscopy at Ten Angstrom Resolution.- Primary Imaging Modes in Near-Field Microscopy.- Local Excitation of Surface Plasmons by TNOM.- Weak Localization of Surface Plasmon Polaritons: Direct Observation with Photon Scanning Tunneling Microscope.- STM-Induced Photon Emission from Au (110).- Writing of Nanolines on a Ferroelectric Surface with a Scanning Near-Field Optical Microscope.- Near Field Optics with High-Q Whispering-Gallery Modes.- Fluorescence Microscopy and Spectroscopy by Scanning Near-Field Optical/Atomic Force Microscope (SNOM-AFM).- Fluorescence Lifetime Contrast Combined with Probe Microscopy.- Towards SNIM: Scanning Near-Field Microscopy in the Infrared.- 6 NM Lateral Resolution in Scanning Near Field Optical Microscopy with the Tetrahedral Tip.- An Aperture-Type Reflection-Mode SNOM.- Surface Modifications Via Photo-Chemistry in a Reflection Scanning Near-Field Optical Microscope.- Near-Field Diffraction Microscopy with a Coherent Low-Energy e-Beam: Fresnel Projection Microscope.- Author Index.

'This book is essential reading not only for specialists in the field, but for newcomers. It sets out basics on which we can build. I recommend it very highly indeed.' L. Grosser in Optik, 106:1 (1997)