Hodgkin and Huxley showed that even if the filaments are dissolved, a neuron's membrane
alone can generate and transmit the nerve spike. Regulating the time gap between spikes is …

We propose a novel method by chemical etching using hydrofluoric (HF) acid and a buffered
HF solution (BHF) to fabricate a pencil-shaped fiber probe for near-field optics. We …

Laser‐induced desorption on a nanometer scale using scanning near‐field optical
microscopy (SNOM) is demonstrated. Pulsed laser‐induced desorption of anthracene with …

Scanning near-field optical microscopy using a slit-type probe is discussed. The slit-type
probe has a width of much less than a wavelength, λ, and a length on the order of λ, and …

We propose a new type of fiber probe with a nanometric protruding tip emerging from a
metal film and describe a novel method, called the selective resin-coating method, for …

For the last half a century, neurophysiology relies on patch clamp which neutralizes the ions
to sense a signal. The smaller the patch, the efficiency is better. However, the limit has not …

Recent progress on application of interactions between optical near-field and nanoscale
materials and atoms is reviewed. Photochemical vapor deposition of Zn dots and lines with …

We propose a method to fabricate a probe with a nanometric protrusion for near-field optical
microscopy. The method involves tapering process based on selective etching of an GeO2 …

We present the observation results of a single string deoxyribo nucleic acid (DNA) obtained
by a collection mode near field optical microscope (NOM) operated under constant distance …

We derived a simple method to fabricate scanning near field optical microscopes (SNOMs)
optical probes from commercial cheap communication optical fibers. The tips are etched in …