Nanofabrication of solidstate fresnel lenses for electron optics

Nature

Volumn 394, Issue 6688, 1998, Pages 49-52

  Ito, Y ^a   Bleloch, A L ^a   Brown, L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; BRIGHTNESS; DRILL; ELECTRON BEAM; LENS; MAGNETISM; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLID STATE;

EID: 0032474775     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/27863     Document Type: Article

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