NEAR-FIELD MICROSCOPY AND NEAR-FIELD OPTICS
by Daniel Courjon (Université de Franche-Comté, France)
About the AuthorDaniel Courjon is Director of Research at CNRS. Parallel to his research activity, he is also Director of the Institute of Microphone-techniques of Franche-Comté (IMFC), Director of Optical GDR and Deputy Manager of the GDR “Waves” of department STIC of CNRS.
Near-field optics studies the behaviour of light fields in the vicinity of matter, where light is structured in propagating and evanescent fields. Near-field optical microscopy is the straightforward application of near-field optics.
This textbook provides an overview for undergraduates and anyone who has an interest in peculiar optical phenomena, and serves as a technical manual for engineers and researchers. It consists of 12 chapters dealing with the history of near-field optics, non-radiating optics, optical noise, inverse problems, theory, instrumentation and applications; there is an appendix including the basic elements of Fourier optics and Maxwell equations.
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