Fluorescence imaging of submicrometric lattices of colour centres in LiF by an apertureless scanning near-field optical microscope

Optics Express

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 353-359

  Adam, P M ^a   Benrezzak, S ^a   Bijeon, J L ^a   Royer, P ^a   Guy, S ^b   Jacquier, B ^b   Moretti, P ^b   Montereali, R M ^c   Piccinini, M ^c   Menchini, F ^c   Somma, F ^c   Seassal, C ^d   Rigneault, H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE TROYES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c ENEA   (Italy)

^d ECOLE CENTRALE DE LYON   (France)

^e CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR CENTERS; ELECTRON BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; FLUORESCENCE; GAS LASERS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; NEAR FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PHOTONS; THIN FILMS;

ARGON ION LASERS; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; SUBMICROMETRIC LATTICES;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0010133442     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.9.000353     Document Type: Article

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