Optical contrast in apertureless microscopy

Applied Optics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 129-134

  Azoulay, Joël ^a   Débarre, Anne ^a   Richard, Alain ^a   Tchénio, Paul ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

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EID: 0000091051     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.39.000129     Document Type: Article

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