| Description | Nanonics is the only supplier of the entire spectrum of probes used in NSOM today. Our probes perform all current modes of NSOM operation and are breaking new ground with exciting new techniques.
Nanonics holds the exclusive right to produce cantilevered optical fiber probes. In this pioneering Nanonics is the only supplier of the entire spectrum of probes used in NSOM today. Our probes perform all current modes of NSOM operation and are breaking new ground with exciting new techniques.
Nanonics holds the exclusive right to produce cantilevered optical fiber probes. In this pioneering probe technology, the fiber tip is bent and coated with metal. Therefore light can be transmitted to the aperture with the same efficiencies and polarization properties as those of conventional, straight near-field optical elements. As a result, near-field optics can benefit from the user-friendly normal-force feedback technique employed with much success in standard AFM systems.
Our straight NSOM probes are also ideal for performing simultaneous NSOM and shear-force AFM. All our probes have the highest throughputs and can achieve the highest resolutions with apertures down to 50nm.
Features
- Cantilevered fiber probes
- Straight tapered fiber probes
- Silver and gold nanoparticle probes
- Probes with roughened probe tips coated with silver or gold
- Hollow normal force sensing probes
- Deep UV NSOM probes
- Polarization preserving NSOM probes with large extinction ratios
- Probes for producing nanometric shadow or reflection
- Active light sources and ion sensing NSOM probes
Compatible with Nanonics NSOM Microscopes... Read More | Active NSOM Probes for Imaging and Ion Sensing Probes Cantilevered and straight nanopipette probes can be filled with fluorescent materials. These active light sources can be provided with a variety of sensing capabilities. Sensors are currently available for H+, Na+, K+, Ca2+ and Cl-, other sensorsActive NSOM Probes for Imaging and Ion Sensing Probes Cantilevered and straight nanopipette probes can be filled with fluorescent materials. These active light sources can be provided with a variety of sensing capabilities. Sensors are currently available for H+, Na+, K+, Ca2+ and Cl-, other sensors are also available upon request.
Compatible with Nanonics NSOM Microscopes... Read More | Nanonics produces metal coated NSOM optical fiber probes for use in apertureless NSOM techniques.
Nanopipettes can also produce Nanopipettes with embedded nanoparticles.
Gold or silver nanoparticle probes are especially useful for research into enhanced Raman imaging and apertureless NSOM.
CompatibleNanonics produces metal coated NSOM optical fiber probes for use in apertureless NSOM techniques.
Nanopipettes can also produce Nanopipettes with embedded nanoparticles.
Gold or silver nanoparticle probes are especially useful for research into enhanced Raman imaging and apertureless NSOM.
Compatible with Nanonics NSOM Microscopes... Read More | These probes are useful for high peak power laser pulses and can be used in the IR and very deep UV regions where regular fiber probes do not transmit, for example, 10 micron IR wavelengths or vacuum UV wavelengths below 180nm. These probes have a high threshold for damage making them especially These probes are useful for high peak power laser pulses and can be used in the IR and very deep UV regions where regular fiber probes do not transmit, for example, 10 micron IR wavelengths or vacuum UV wavelengths below 180nm. These probes have a high threshold for damage making them especially useful for nanolithography and for highly localized metal removal using femtosecond laser pulses.
These probes are not recommended for general imaging applications because they can generate higher noise levels due to their immobility, lack of waveguiding and inability to view the probe tip on line.
Intermittent contact mode of operation is not possible with hollow probes because of the need to illuminate the aperture with a lens. Intermittent contact mode results in additional noise under such conditions.
Compatible with Nanonics NSOM Microscopes... Read More |