The structure of our material world is characterized by a large hierarchy of length scales that
determines material properties and functions. Increasing spatial resolution in optical imaging …

In this review I discuss the application of scanning magnetic imaging to fundamental studies
of superconductors, concentrating on three scanning magnetic microscopies—scanning …

Much of our understanding of the atomic-scale magnetic structure and the dynamical
properties of solids and liquids was gained from neutron-scattering studies. Elastic and …

We describe an improved two-dimensional optical scanning technique combined with an
ultrafast Sagnac interferometer for delayed-probe imaging of surface wave propagation. We …

The authors describe a geometry for a Sagnac interferometer with a zero-area Sagnac loop
for measuring the magneto-optic Kerr effect at cryogenic temperatures. The apparatus is …

Probing optical properties of materials and optical characterization of crystallographic
defects at the nanometer scale have been inaccessible until recently due to the diffraction …

Scanning thermal microscope-detected ferromagnetic resonance (SThM-FMR) combines a
thermal near-field microscope with a FMR spectrometer and detects the thermal response …

This review describes the basic technical aspects of magnetic force microscopy and how this
technique has been applied to the study of colossal magnetoresistance materials …

The applicability of time-reversal symmetry to nonlinear optics is discussed, both from
macroscopic (Maxwell equations) and microscopic (quantum theoretical) point of view. We …

This study demonstrates how magnetic‐field‐dependent luminescence from organic films
can be used to image the magnetic configuration of an underlying sample. The organic …