Influence of secondary tip shape on illumination-mode near-field scanning optical microscopy images

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1936-1946

  Richter, Lee J ^a   Jordan, Claire E ^a   Cavanagh, Richard R ^a   Bryant, Garnett W ^a   Liu, Ansheng ^a   Stranick, Stephan J ^a   Keating, Christine D ^b   Natan, Michael J ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COATED MATERIALS; GOLD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PROBES;

ILLUMINATION-MODE NEAR-FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0032614118     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.16.001936     Document Type: Article

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