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In order to understand the basic process of a laser-illuminated scanning probe tip it is necessary to calculate the temperature distribution in such a geometry. In the first part of this paper the temperature distribution in a laser-heated tip and a semi-infinite metallic sample is solved in a steady-state approach. This is done with the help of the boundary element method. In a second part, the temperature field in a thin metal sheet attached to a semi-infinite dielectric substrate is calculated by applying the Fourier–Bessel transformation method.
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Received: 14 October 1998 / Accepted: 6 May 1999 / Published online: 16 September 1999
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Geshev, P., Demming, F., Jersch, J. et al. Calculation of the temperature distribution on laser-illuminated scanning probe tips . Appl Phys B 70, 91–97 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003400050014
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s003400050014