A near-field optical microscopy nanoarray

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3009, Issue , 1997, Pages 109-118

  Semin, David J ^a   Ambrose, W Patrick ^a   Goodwin, Peter M ^a   Wendt, Joel R ^b   Keller, Richard A ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Charge transfer devices; Fluorescence; Imaging; Lithography; Microscopy; Nanoarray; Near field scanning optical microscopy (NSOM); Single molecule detection

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; CHARGE TRANSFER; CHARGE TRANSFER DEVICES; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; ELECTRON BEAMS; FLUORESCENCE; ION EXCHANGE; MACHINING; MASS TRANSFER; MICROMACHINING; MOLECULES; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; REACTIVE ION ETCHING; SCANNING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

IMAGING; LITHOGRAPHY; MICROSCOPY; NANOARRAY; NEAR-FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY (NSOM); SINGLE MOLECULE DETECTION;

NEAR FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0009702064     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.271219     Document Type: Conference Paper

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