title: Comparison of test images obtained from various configurations of scanning near-field optical microscopes.
abstract: The characteristics of a few experimental near-field optical microscopes, located in different laboratories, have been compared on the basis of their ability to image a well-defined submicrometer test object.
authors.affiliation: Groupement de Recherche Optique du Champ Proche, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 1860, France. claudine.bainier@univ-fcomte.fr
authors.forename: Claudine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bainier
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vannier
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Courjon
authors.forename: Jean-Claude
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Rivoal
authors.forename: Sébastien
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ducourtieux
authors.forename: Yannick
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: De Wilde
authors.forename: Lionel
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Aigouy
authors.forename: Florian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Formanek
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Belliard
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Siry
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Perrin