Combined optical near-field scanning microscope and atomic force microscope with observation in a liquid

摘要

In a scanning near-field optic/atomic-force microscope for observing a surface configuration and an optical characteristic of a sample, a liquid holding sample plate for holding a liquid and a surface keeping window plate for holding a surface of the liquid are disposed respectively below the sample and above the sample independently and with no contact to each other and at positions capable of maintaining the liquid between the liquid holding sample plate and the surface keeping window plate by a surface tension whereby the sample is observed in the liquid. The scanning near-field optic/atomic-force microscope with observing function in liquid is capable of observing a biological sample or an organic thin film sample in a liquid. MATH