Temperature profile measurements of near-field optical microscopy fiber tips by means of sub-micronic thermocouple

• Published in: International journal of thermal sciences Vol. 39; no. 4; pp. 519 - 525
• Main Authors: Thiery, Laurent, Marini, Nathalie, Prenel, Jean-Pierre, Spajer, Michel, Bainier, Claudine, Courjon, Daniel
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Paris Elsevier Masson SAS 2000; Elsevier
• Subjects: Exact sciences and technology; fiber tips; Instruments, apparatus, components and techniques common to several branches of physics and astronomy; micro-thermocouple; microscopy; near-field; Near-field scanning optical microscopes; optical fiber; Physics; Scanning probe microscopes, components and techniques; temperature; temperature; optical fiber; fiber tips; microscopy; near-field; micro-thermocouple; Optical fibers; Temperature measurement; Microscope tips; Thermocouples; Measuring methods; Experimental study; Scanning near field optical microscopy

The present paper deals with the experimental measurement of temperature along various shapes of fiber tips used as near-field optical microscope probes. An ultra-small thermoelectric couple makes it possible to detect the tip temperature as far as the junction dimension remains smaller than the loc...