Metallic nanoparticles supporting a localized surface plasmon resonance have emerged as
promising platforms for nanoscopic labels, sensors, and (photo-) catalysts. To use …

Through coupling optical processes with the scanning tunneling microscope (STM), single-
molecule chemistry and physics have been investigated at the ultimate spatial and temporal …

The direct interfacing of photonic crystal fiber to a metallic nanoantenna has widespread
application in nanoscale imaging, optical lithography, nanoscale lasers, quantum …

The nanoscale morphology of metal nanostructures directly defines their optical, catalytic
and electronic properties and even small morphological changes can cause significant …

Optical fibre micro/nano tips (OFTs), defined here as tapered fibres with a waist diameter
ranging from a few microns to tens of nanometres and different tip angles (ie, from tens of …

The development of new characterization methods has resulted in innovative studies of the
properties of two-dimensional (2D) materials. Observations of nanoscale heterogeneity with …

Probe is the core component of an optical scanning probe microscope such as scattering-
type scanning near-field optical microscopy (s-SNOM). Its ability of concentrating and …

As the semiconductor industry, ultra-precision machining, and biomedical fields delve into
the nanoscale, the demand for advanced measurement technologies has heightened …

半导体芯片制造, 超精密加工以及生物医学等领域的探索已经深入纳米尺度,
对相应的测量技术提出了更高要求. 光学方法以其非接触, 无损, 快速等优势得到了广泛应用 …

The major challenges in the study of light-matter interaction in the deep subwavelength
regime are the inefficient conversion of nearfield to far field energy, low signal-to-noise ratio …