Spectroscopic scanning near-field optical microscopy with a free electron laser: CH2 bond imaging in diamond films
Hydrogen chemistry in thin films and biological systems is one of the most difficult experimental problems in today's science and technology We successfully tested a novel solution, based on the spectroscopic version of scanning near-field optical microscopy (SNOM). The tunable infrared radiation of the Vanderbilt free electron laser enabled us to reveal clearly hydrogen-decorated grain boundaries on nominally hydrogen-free diamond films. The images were obtained by SNOM detection of reflected 3.5 mum photons, corresponding to the C-H stretch absorption, and reached a lateral resolution of 0.2 mum, well below the lambda /2 (lambda = wavelength) limit of classical microscopy.
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Ist Stuttura Mat, I-00133 Rome, Italy. Ecole Polytech Fed Lausanne, Inst Phys Appl, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland. USN, Res Lab, Div Opt Sci, Washington, DC 20375 USA. Vanderbilt Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Nashville, TN 37235 USA. Cricenti, A, Ist Stuttura Mat, Via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, I-00133 Rome, Italy.
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