Abstract
We present a piezoelectrical shear-force distance control setup for scanning near-field optical microscopy. The setup is compact and tip exchange is easy. The topographical sensitivity is comparable to optical feedback systems. With an acceptable vibration amplitude of 5–10 nm we obtained a topographical resolution of 5 pm/ Hz . Because there is no laser necessary for tip position feedback, there is no extraneous light to interfere with spectroscopic and other low-light level experiments. Our technique permits measurements of soft biological samples in aqueous solution, which opens up many possible applications of near-field optical microscopy in biology and medicine.
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