Numerical simulation of scanning nearfield optical microscopy based on the source dipole model

Chang-Lin WU; Chang WANG; Jun-Cheng CAO

doi:10.11972/j.issn.1001-9014.2023.05.001

Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, Volume. 42, Issue 5, 643(2023)

Numerical simulation of scanning nearfield optical microscopy based on the source dipole model

Chang-Lin WU^1,2, Chang WANG^1,2、*, and Jun-Cheng CAO^1,2、**

¹Key Laboratory of Terahertz Solid-State Technology，Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology，Chinese Academy of Sciences，Shanghai 200050，China

²Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering，University of Chinese Academy of Sciences，Beijing 100049，China

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Published Online: Aug. 30, 2023

The Author Email: Chang WANG (cwang@mail.sim.ac.cn), Jun-Cheng CAO (jccao@mail.sim.ac.cn)

DOI:10.11972/j.issn.1001-9014.2023.05.001

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