简介:Ascanningnear-fieldopticalmicroscopeusinguncoatedfibertipisdescribed,whichcanworkintransmissionandreflectionconfigurations,bothcapableofworkinginilluminationandcollection-mode,sothateithertransparentoropaquesamplecanbeinvestigated.Dependingondifferentapplications,eitherconstant-gaporconstant-heightimagescanbeachieved.Acompacthomemadetranslatorpermitstoselectinterestedareaofsampleintherangeof4mm×4mm.Workingintheconstant-heightaswellastransmissionandcollection-modeconfiguration,severalkindsofsamplessuchasholographicgrating,liposomeandzeolitewereinvestigated.TheexperimentalresultsrevealedthedependenceoftheopticalresolutionoftheSNOMonthetip-sampleseparation.