Optical microscopy using a single-molecule light source

Nature

Volumn 405, Issue 6784, 2000, Pages 325-328

  Michaelis, J ^a   Hettich, C ^a   Mlynek, J ^a   Sandoghdar, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DIFFRACTION; ILLUMINATION; MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING NEAR FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034682324     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35012545     Document Type: Article

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