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IR-SNOM on lithium fluoride films with regular arrays based on colour centres

Giorgio Margaritondo
2003
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LiF films have been grown on silicon substrate, irradiated with soft x-rays to create fluorescent regular micrometric-spaced arrays based on colour centres, and studied by Scanning Near-field Optical Microscope (SNOM). Strong variations in the local reflectivity have been observed in the infrared region between 6.1 and 9.2 mum and tentatively ascribed to a modulated variation of the refractive index of the coloured zone with respect to that of the uncoloured LiF matrix. (C) 2003 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.

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Giorgio Margaritondo
2003
Book Chapters

Abstract

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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/entities/publication/0fcb122e-73d6-402a-a1d4-e251f3aec947

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