Advanced Materials, Vol.19, No.17, 2209-2209, 2007
Simultaneous IR material recognition and conductivity mapping by nanoscale near-field microscopy
IR scattering-type near-field microscopy is applied to simultaneously map material composition and conduction properties in cross-sectional samples of industrial bipolar and metal-oxide-semiconductor devices with nanoscale spatial resolution. Within a single mid-IR image, all relevant materials such as metals, Si, Si3N4, and oxides can be identified by material-specific amplitude and phase contrasts.