Fabrication of an Ultraviolet Light--Emitting Functional Probe of Sub--Micron Size by Photochemical Vapor Deposition.

Reports on the fabrication technique of a sub-micron sized probe consisting of functional material on the aperture of a metal coated optical fiber probe tip for near field optical microscopy. Fabrication of light-emitting functional probe with zinc oxide (ZnO); Fixation of ZnO; Use of second harmonic light of an argon ion laser as an ultra violet light source.