Characterization of near-field optical probes

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1792-1797

  Vohnsen, Brian ^a   Bozhevolnyi, Sergey I ^b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

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EID: 0001384689     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.001792     Document Type: Article

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