We present and describe an alternative device for positioning two massive optical elements at distances smaller than to each other. The developed technique is derived from the conventional nonoptical shear-force distance control usually used in scanning near-field optical microscopy (SNOM). It is suitable whatever the nature of the involved elements (metal, semiconductor, or dielectric) and is well adapted to solid immersion microscopy and virtual tip near-field microscopy.
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