Mid-infrared scanning near-field optical microscope resolves 30 nm

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 194, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 512-515

  Knoll, B ^a   Keilmann, F ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apertureless SNOM; Infrared vibrational contrast; Scanning microscopy

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS; INFRARED IMAGING; MICROSCOPES;

APERTURELESS SNOM; CO 2 LASER; INFRARED MICROSCOPE; INFRARED SCANNING; INFRARED VIBRATIONAL CONTRAST; MIDINFRARED; PERFORMANCE; SCANNING MICROSCOPY; SCANNING NEAR FIELD; SCANNING NEAR-FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPE;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CONFERENCE PAPER; INFRARED RADIATION; MICROSCOPY; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING NEAR FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; VIBRATION;

EID: 0032987669     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.1999.00496.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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