The facility of Scanning Near-field Optical Microscopy (SNOM) allows to observe localized optical structures at the surface or in the bulk of any material. Images are obtained by illuminating the sample at a certain wavelength and measuring the local transmission or reflection of light together with topographic images. The comparison of simultaneously taken SNOM and topographic images allows to localize the optical structures in precise areas of the sample with nanometer resolution.
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