Pulsed laser-induced desorption and optical imaging on a nanometer scale with scanning near-field microscopy using chemically etched fiber tips

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 68, Issue 18, 1996, Pages 2491-2492

  Zeisel, Dieter ^a   Nettesheim, Stefan ^a   Dutoit, Bertrand ^a   Zenobi, Renato ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALS; ETCHING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; SURFACES;

ANTHRACENE; CHEMICALLY ETCHED FIBER TIPS; LASER INDUCED DESORPTION; SCANNING NEAR FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

DESORPTION;

EID: 0030128552     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.115831     Document Type: Article

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