PURE LINEAR-POLARIZATION IMAGING IN NEAR-FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY

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VAEZIRAVANI, M
TOLEDOCROW, R
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[1] Center for Imaging Science, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 14623-0887
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10.1063/1.110378
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O59 [应用物理学];
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The design and theory of operation of a new form of near field polarizing optical microscope are presented. The system uses electro-optic premodulation of light to generate two simultaneous complementary images of samples. This affords the capability to obtain a final output signal which is a linear representation of the sample birefringence, and is independent of the sample transmissivity/reflectivity. A number of images are presented.
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