Orientational imaging of single molecules by annular illumination

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 21, 2000, Pages 4482-4485

  Sick, B ^a   Hecht, B ^a   Novotny, L ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYES; FLUORESCENCE; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PLASTIC FILMS;

SCANNING CONFOCAL OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

MOLECULAR PHYSICS;

EID: 0012112253     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.4482     Document Type: Article

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