1.Terahertz Science and Technology Research Center, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China 2.Key Laboratory of Terahertz Technology, Ministry of Education, Chengdu 610054, China
Fund Project:Project supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant Nos. 2017YFA0701000, 2020YFA0714001), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61988102, 61921002, 62071108), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of Ministry of Education of China (Grant Nos. ZYGX2020J003, ZYGX2020ZB007).
Received Date:14 September 2021
Accepted Date:15 October 2021
Available Online:28 October 2021
Published Online:20 December 2021
Abstract:Terahertz scattering scanning near-field optical microscopy (s-SNOM), as an important means to break through the limits of conventional optical diffraction, can achieve super-resolution imaging on a nanoscale and has a wide range of applications in biological nano-imaging, terahertz nano-spectroscopy, nanomaterials imaging, and the study of polarized excitations. As an important component of the terahertz s-SNOM, the atomic force microscope tip plays a key role in implementing the near-field excitation, detection, and enhancement. However, the tip-sample interaction can greatly affect the results. In this paper, the effects of tip-sample interaction on near-field excitation, near-field detection, and terahertz near-field spectrum in terahertz s-SNOM are revealed through simulations and experiments. First, the wave vector coupling weight of the near field excited by the tip is investigated, and it is found that the wave vector is concentrated mainly on the order of 105 cm–1, which differs from that of the general terahertz excitations by 2 to 3 orders of magnitude, indicating that the terahertz near field is difficult to excite terahertz excitations. Secondly, through theoretical and experimental studies, it is found that the metal tip interferes with the surface near-field of the graphene disk structure, which indicates the limitations of the terahertz s-SNOM in probing the near-field distribution of the structure. Finally, the influence of the tip on the near-field spectrum is studied. It is found that the tip length and cantilever length are important parameters affecting the near-field spectrum, and the influence of the tip on the near-field spectrum can be reduced by increasing the tip length or cantilever length. Keywords:tip-sample interactions/ terahertz near-field spectrum
图 6 不同长度悬臂的探针的仿真结果 (a)时域谱; (b)频域谱; (c)仿真模型; (d)长悬臂探针的时域谱; (e)长悬臂探针的频域谱 Figure6. Simulation results of tips of different cantilever length: (a) Time domain signal; (b) frequency domain signal; (c) schematic diagram of simulation; (d) time domain signal of long cantilever tip; (e) frequency domain signal of long cantilever tip.