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4.5.2 Medium Density Pattern Tracking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
4.5.3 Velocity Vector and Flux Amount Analyses . . . . . . . . . . . 159
4.6 Mixer Application for µ-TAS .............................. 163

5 Near Field ................................................. 167
5.1 Background ............................................. 167
5.2 Theoretical Analysis ..................................... 169
5.2.1 FDTD Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
5.2.2 Numerical Examples of Near Field Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . 173
5.3 Experimental Analysis ................................... 179
5.3.1 Comparison of Near-Field Probes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
5.3.2 Photocantilever Probe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
5.3.3 Gold Particle Probe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
5.4 Future Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
5.4.1 Conventional Superresolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
5.4.2 Near-field Recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
5.4.3 Super-RENS Optical Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

6 Answers, Hints and Solutions .............................. 215

References ..................................................... 227
Index .......................................................... 243