Near-Field Nano-Optics

1. Introduction.- 1.1. Near-Field Optics and Photonics.- 1.2. Ultra-High-Resolution Near-Field Optical Microscopy (NOM).- 1.3. General Features of Optical Near-Field Problems.- 1.4. Theoretical Treatment of Optical Near-Field Problems.- 1.5. Remarks on Near-Field Optics and Outline of This Book.- 1.6. References.- 2. Principles of Near-Field Optical Microscopy.- 2.1. An Example of Near-Field Optical Microscopy.- 2.2. Construction of the NOM System.- 2.3. Theoretical Description of Near-Field Optical Microscopy.- 2.4. Near-Field Problems and the Tunneling Process.- 2.5. References.- 3. Instrumentation.- 3.1. Basic Systems of a Near-Field Optical Microscope.- 3.2. Light Sources.- 3.3. Light Detection and Signal Amplification.- 3.4. References.- 4. Fabrication of Probes.- 4.1. Sharpening of Fibers by Chemical Etching.- 4.2. Metal Coating and Fabrication of a Protruded Probe.- 4.3. Other Novel Probes.- 4.4. References.- 5. Imaging Experiments.- 5.1. Basic Features of the Localized Evanescent Field.- 5.2. Imaging Biological Samples.- 5.3. Spatial Power Spectral Analysis of the NOM Image.- 5.4. References.- 6. Diagnostics and Spectroscopy of Photonic Devices and Materials.- 6.1. Diagnosing a Dielectric Optical Waveguide.- 6.2. Spatially Resolved Spectroscopy of Lateral p-n Junctions in Silicon-Doped Gallium Arsenide.- 6.3. Photoluminescence Spectroscopy of a Semiconductor Quantum Dot.- 6.4. Imaging of Other Materials.- 6.5. References.- 7. Fabrication and Manipulation.- 7.1. Fabrication of Photonic Devices.- 7.2. Manipulating Atoms.- 7.3. References.- 8. Optical Near-Field Theory.- 8.1. Introduction.- 8.2. Electromagnetic Theory as the Basis of Treating Near-Field Problems.- 8.3. Optical Near-Field Theory as an Electromagnetic Scattering Problem.- 8.4. Diffraction Theory inNear-Field Optics.- 8.5. Intuitive Model of Optical Near-Field Processes.- 8.6. References.- 9. Theoretical Description of Near-Field Optical Microscope.- 9.1. Electromagnetic Processes Involved in the

Motoiochi Ohtsu was appointed a Research Associate, an Associate professor, a Professor at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. From 1986 to 1987, while on leave from the Tokyo Institute of Technology, he joined the Crawford Hill Laboratory, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, NJ. In 2004, he moved to the University of Tokyo as a professor. He has written over 417 papers and received 87 patents. He is the author, co-author, and editor of 55 books, including 22 in English. In 2000, he was appointed as the President of the Tokyo Chapter, LEOS, IEEE. From 2000, He is an executive director of the Japan Society of Applied Physics. His main field of interests is nanophotonics.He is a Fellow of the Optical Society of America, and a Fellow of the Japan Society of Applied Physics. He is also a Tandem Member of the Science Council of Japan. Awards: 14 prizes from academic institutions, including the Distinguished Achievement Award from the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineering of Japan in 2007, the Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics in 2009.