title: Disentangling time in a near-field approach to scanning probe microscopy.
abstract: Microwave microscopy has recently attracted intensive effort, owing to its capability to provide quantitative information about the local composition and the electromagnetic response of a sample. Nonetheless, the interpretation of microwave images remains a challenge as the electromagnetic waves interact with the sample and the surrounding in a multitude of ways following different paths: microwave images are a convolution of all contributions. In this work we show that examining the time evolution of the electromagnetic waves allows us to disentangle each contribution, providing images with striking quality and unexplored scenarios for near-field microscopy.
authors.affiliation: DIBET, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Via Brecce Bianche, 60131, Ancona, Italy. m.farina@univpm.it
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Farina
authors.forename: Agnese
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lucesoli
authors.forename: Tiziana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pietrangelo
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: di Donato
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fabiani
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Venanzoni
authors.forename: Davide
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mencarelli
authors.forename: Tullio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rozzi
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Morini
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D006108:Graphite / Q000737:chemistry; D051379:Mice; D020527:Microscopy, Scanning Probe / Q000379:methods*; D008872:Microwaves; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D006108:Graphite