Lichttransparente Sondenspitze sowie Verfahren zur Herstellung einer solchen

摘要

The invention relates to a probe tip that is transparent to light, for emitting and/or receiving light in a specific manner, for use in an optical analyzing or processing system for examining and/or processing surfaces with an optical resolution in the sub-light wavelength range. The inventive probe tip has a body (5) consisting of a light-conductive material, with a surface that is coated with a light-absorbing layer (2). Said layer is interrupted by at least one through opening (3), through which the light passes. The invention also relates to a method for producing the probe tip. The invention is characterized in that the through opening in the layer is completely filled with the light conductive material and in that said light-conductive material finishes flush with the light-absorbing layer or protrudes beyond said layer. The inventive probe tip can be used in the fields of near field microscopy, optical photolithography and in magnetic/optical memories