Overview of Extraction Techniques for Scattering‑Type Scanning Near‑Field Optical Signal (Invited)

Tao Jiang; Zerui Wang; Lei Zhou; Zhou Zhou; Zhichen Zhao; Xinbin Cheng; Zhanshan Wang

doi:10.3788/CJL240626

Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 51, Issue 14, 1400001(2024)

Overview of Extraction Techniques for Scattering‑Type Scanning Near‑Field Optical Signal (Invited)

Tao Jiang^1,2、*, Zerui Wang¹, Lei Zhou¹, Zhou Zhou¹, Zhichen Zhao¹, Xinbin Cheng^1,2, and Zhanshan Wang^1,2

¹School of Physics Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai Professional Technical Service Platform for Full-Spectrum and High-Performance Optical Thin Film Devices and Applications, Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Digital Optics, MOE Key Laboratory of Advanced Micro-Structured Materials, Institute of Precision Optical Engineering, Shanghai 200092, China

²Shanghai Research Institute of Intelligent Autonomous Systems, Tongji University, Shanghai 201210, China

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Received: Feb. 27, 2024

Accepted: Apr. 16, 2024

Published Online: Jul. 2, 2024

The Author Email: Jiang Tao (tjiang@tongji.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/CJL240626

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