THz near-field imaging

We present first results of near-field imaging with ultrashort, broadband far-infrared pulses. By focusing the radiation into a tapered metal tip with a small exit aperture and scanning a sample in the near field of this aperture, sub-wavelength spatial resolution better than λ/4 is demonstrated.

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