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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2013
Applicants:
Xiaoji Xu, Toronto, CA;
Gilbert C Walker, Mississauga, CA;
Inventors:
Xiaoji Xu, Toronto, CA;
Gilbert C Walker, Mississauga, CA;
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01Q 20/02 (2010.01); G01Q 30/00 (2010.01); G01N 21/359 (2014.01); B82Y 20/00 (2011.01); G01Q 30/02 (2010.01); G01Q 60/22 (2010.01); G01B 9/02 (2006.01); G01Q 10/00 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/359 (2013.01); B82Y 20/00 (2013.01); G01B 9/0203 (2013.01); G01Q 10/00 (2013.01); G01Q 30/02 (2013.01); G01Q 60/22 (2013.01); G01N 2201/06113 (2013.01); G01N 2201/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides a procedure and an apparatus to obtain the absorption profiles of molecular resonance with ANSOM. The method includes setting a reference field phase to φ=0.5π relative to the near-field field, and reference amplitude A≧5|α|. The requirement on phase precision is found to be <0.3π. The apparatus includes a phase stabilization mechanism in addition to the ANSOM to maintain high phase precision homodyne phase condition of less than 0.1 rad. This method enables ANSOM performing vibrational spectroscopy at nanoscale spatial resolution.