Bessel beams as virtual tips for near-field optics

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 210, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 319-323

  Grosjean, T ^a   Courjon, D ^a   Van Labeke, D ^a  

^a FEMTO ST INSTITUTE   (France)

Author keywords

Bessel beams; Polarization filtering; Radial polarization; Virtual tip

Indexed keywords

BESSEL FUNCTIONS; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT POLARIZATION;

BESSEL BEAM; EVANESCENT LIGHT; LIGHT BEAM; NEAR FIELD OPTICS; POLARIZATION FILTERING; POLARIZED LIGHT BEAMS; RADIAL POLARIZATION; RADIALLY POLARIZED; SIMPLE++; VIRTUAL TIP;

IMAGE RESOLUTION;

ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; IMAGING SYSTEM; LIGHT; OPTICS; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING NEAR FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; THEORY;

EID: 0037663772     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.2003.01163.x     Document Type: Article

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