Modeling illumination-mode near-field optical microscopy of au nanoparticles

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 704-716

  Liu, Ansheng ^a,b   Rahmani, Adel ^a   Bryant, Garnett W ^a   Richter, Lee J ^a   Stranick, Stephan J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEAR FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL COATINGS; OPTICAL FIBERS; POLARIZATION;

NANOPARTICLES;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 0000290560     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.18.000704     Document Type: Article

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