Abstract
Using a near-field scanning optical microscope (NSOM) with a small-aperture metal tip, we show that a glass zone plate having a focal length of one wavelength focuses a linearly polarized Gaussian beam into a weak ellipse with the Cartesian axis diameters FWHMx = (0.44 ± 0.02)λ and FWHMy = (0.52 ± 0.02)λ and the depth of focus DOF = (0.75 ± 0.02)λ, where λ is the incident wavelength. The comparison of the experimental and simulation results suggests that NSOM with a hollow pyramidal aluminum-coated tip (with 70° apex and 100-nm-diameter aperture) measures the transverse intensity, rather than the power flux or the total intensity. The conclusion that the small-aperture metal tip measures the transverse intensity can be inferred from the Bethe-Bouwkamp theory.
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