Dieter Pohl

Dieter Pohl (born 1938) is a German / Swiss physicist. He became known especially for his work in nano-optics, near field optics (NFO), and plasmonics.

Dieter Pohl, Physiker

Dieter Pohl studied at the University of Stuttgart and the Technische Universität München (TUM) where he did his doctorate with Wolfgang Kaiser. In 1968, he moved to IBM Zurich Research Laboratory in Rüschlikon. His research comprises lasers, nonlinear optics, optical data storage, scanning probe microscopy (SPM) and nano-optics/plasmonics.

In 1982 he developed near-field scanning optical microscopy (NSOM/SNOM).[1] It provided for the first time optical resolution beyond Abbe’s diffraction limit, e.g. 20 nm at wavelength 515 nm.[2][3] In the following years the close relation between optical near-fields, plasmons, and antennas was investigated, fueling the emerging field of plasmonics.[4][5][6][7][8] Dieter Pohl transferred to the University of Basel in 1998 and was appointed titular professor in 2002.[9] There he pursued his concept of the near-field probe as an antenna for optical frequencies.[10] Subsequently, he and his Basel collaborators experimentally verified antennas small enough to be resonant at optical frequency. The demonstration of their properties [11][12] and extensions[13][14] had influence on the further development of plasmonics.

In 1992, Dieter Pohl organized together with D. Courjon a first workshop on near-field optics (NFO). It became the origin of bi-annual international NFO conferences, nowadays a platform for nano-optics, near-field microscopy, plasmonics, metamaterials, quantum information, biosensing and ultrafast dynamics.[15] He contributed articles to various books in this field. A complete list of his papers and inventions will be found on his home page.[16]

References

  1. ↑ Dieter W. Pohl Optical near field scanning microscope, US-Patent Nr. 4604520, 1982, EP patent 0112401, Abstract
  2. ↑ D. W. Pohl, W. Denk and W. Lanz Optical stethoscopy: Image recording with resolution λ/20, Applied Physics Letters 44, 651 (1984); doi: 10.1063/1.94865
  3. ↑ U. Dürig, D. W. Pohl, and F. Rohner Nearfield optical scanning microscopy, Journal of Applied Physics 59, 3318 (1986); doi: 10.1063/1.336848
  4. ↑ U. Ch. Fischer and D. W. Pohl Observation of Single –Particle Plasmons by Near-Field Optical Microscopy, Physical Review Letters 62, 458 (1989)
  5. ↑ W. Denk and D. W. Pohl Near-field optics: Microscopy with nanometer-size fields, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 9, 51 (1991)
  6. ↑ D. W. Pohl Scanning Near-Field Optical Microscopy, in Optical and Electron Microscopy Vol. 12, 243 – 312, Academic Press New York 1991
  7. ↑ B. Hecht, H. Bielefeldt, L. Novotny, Y. Inouye and D.W. Pohl Local Excitation, Scattering, and Interference of Surface Plasmons, Physical Review Letters 77, 1889 (1996)
  8. ↑ A. Bouhelier, Th. Huser, H. Tamaru, H.-J. Güntherodt, D.W. Pohl, F.I. Baida and D. Van Labeke Plasmon Optics of structured Silver Films, Phys.Rev B 63,155404-1(2001)
  9. ↑ Meldung der Universität Basel über neue Titularprofessoren
  10. ↑ D. W. Pohl Near field optics seen as an antenna problem in Near-Field Optics: Principles and Applications / The Second Asia-Pacific Workshop on Near Field Optics, Beijing, China October 20–23, 1999, EDITOR M. Ohtsu and X. Zhu,(World Scientific, ISBN 981-02-4365-0, Singapore,p.9 - 21), 2000
  11. ↑ P. Mühlschlegel, H.-J. Eisler, O. J. F. Martin, B. Hecht,D. W. Pohl Resonant Optical Antennas, SCIENCE 308, 1607 (2005)
  12. ↑ J. N. Farahani, D.W. Pohl, H.-J. Eisler, and B. Hecht Single Quantum Dot Coupled to a Scanning Optical Antenna: A Tunable Superemitter PHYS.REV.LETTERS 95, 017402 (2005)
  13. ↑ J. N. Farahani, H.-J. Eisler, M. Pavius, Ph. Flueckiger, Ph. Gasser and B. Hecht Bow-tie optical antenna probes for single-emitter scanning near-field microscopy Nanotechnology 18, 125506(2007)
  14. ↑ D. W. Pohl,S. G. Rodrigo, and L. NovotnyStacked Optical Antennas Appl. PHYS. LETT. 95, 023111(2011)
  15. ↑ http://www.nfo13.org/
  16. ↑ in preparation

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  1. ↑ Pohl, Dieter. Abstract "Optical near field scanning microscope". Espacenet. US Patent Office.
  2. ↑ Pohl, Dieter (1984). "Optical stethoscopy: Image recording with resolution λ/20". Applied Physics Letters 44 (651). doi:10.1063/1.94865.
  3. ↑ Pohl, Dieter (1986). "Nearfield optical scanning microscopy". Journal of Applied Physics 59 (3318). doi:10.1063/1.336848.
  4. ↑ W. Denk and D. W. Pohl Near-field optics: Microscopy with nanometer-size fields, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 9, 51 (1991)
  5. ↑ D. W. Pohl Scanning Near-Field Optical Microscopy, in Optical and Electron Microscopy Vol. 12, 243 – 312, Academic Press New York 1991
  6. ↑ B. Hecht, H. Bielefeldt, L. Novotny, Y. Inouye and D.W. Pohl Local Excitation, Scattering, and Interference of Surface Plasmons, Physical Review Letters 77, 1889 (1996)
  7. ↑ A. Bouhelier, Th. Huser, H. Tamaru, H.-J. Güntherodt, D.W. Pohl, F.I. Baida and D. Van Labeke Plasmon Optics of structured Silver Films, Phys.Rev B 63,155404-1(2001)