Field enhancement and apertureless near-field optical spectroscopy of single molecules

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 194, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 486-490

  Azoulay, J ^a   Debarre A ^a   Richard, A ^a   Tchenio P ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Apertureless SNOM; Single molecule spectroscopy; SNOM; Tip field enhancement

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULES; NEAR FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

AFM; APERTURELESS SNOM; CONFOCAL FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE; FIELD ENHANCEMENT; FLUORESCENCE ENHANCEMENT; NEAR-FIELD OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY; SINGLE MOLECULE; SINGLE MOLECULE FLUORESCENCE; SINGLE-MOLECULE SPECTROSCOPY; TIP FIELD- ENHANCEMENT;

MICROSCOPES;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEODYMIUM LASER; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING NEAR FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0033064735     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.1999.00558.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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