Broadband near-field mid-infrared spectroscopy and application to phonon resonances in quartz

Opt Express. 2012 May 7;20(10):11064-72. doi: 10.1364/OE.20.011064.

Abstract

Infrared (IR) spectroscopy is a versatile analytical method and nano-scale spatial resolution could be achieved by scattering type near-field optical microscopy (s-SNOM). The spectral bandwidth was, however, limited to approximately 300 cm(-1) with a laser light source. In the present study, the development of a broadband mid-IR near-field spectroscopy with a ceramic light source is demonstrated. A much wider bandwidth (at least 3000 to 1000 cm(-1)) is achieved with a ceramic light source. The experimental data on quartz Si-O phonon resonance bands are well reproduced by theoretical simulations indicating the validity of the present broadband near-field IR spectroscopy.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Computer Simulation
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Gold / chemistry
  • Light
  • Microscopy, Electron, Scanning / methods
  • Models, Statistical
  • Optics and Photonics / methods*
  • Phonons
  • Quartz
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Scattering, Radiation
  • Silicon / chemistry
  • Spectrophotometry, Infrared / methods*
  • Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared / methods

Substances

  • Quartz
  • Gold
  • Silicon