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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2008
Applicant:
Markus B. Raschke, Seattle, WA (US);
Inventor:
Markus B. Raschke, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Anasys Instruments, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for performing sub-micron optical spectroscopy, using a heated SPM probe and far-field collection optics is described. The enhanced emission characteristics at a sharp heated tip constitute a highly localized wideband IR source. Thus the IR absorption and emission properties of a sample surface adjacent can be observed and measured in the farfield even though the interaction region is sub-micron in scale. . . . providing spatial resolution mapping of sample composition.