Comparison of test images obtained from various configurations of scanning near-field optical microscopes

Applied Optics

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 691-700

  Bainier, Claudine ^a,b   Vannier, Christophe ^a,b   Courjon, Daniel ^a,b   Rivoal, Jean Claude ^a,c   Ducourtieux, Sebastien ^a,c   Wilde, Yannick De ^a,c   Aigouy, Lionel ^a,c   Formanek, Florian ^a,c   Belliard, Laurent ^d   Siry, Pierre ^d   Perrin, Bernard ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^c INSTITUT LANGEVIN   (France)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROPHILICITY; LIGHT REFLECTION; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SCANNING; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

ELECTRONIC IMAGING;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037327953     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.42.000691     Document Type: Article

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