Plasmon-coupled tip-enhanced near-field optical microscopy

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 210, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 220-224

  Bouhelier, A ^a   Renger, J ^b   Beversluis, M R ^a   Novotny, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Field enhancement; Scanning near field optical microscopy; Surface plasmons

Indexed keywords

METAL COATINGS; NEAR FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; WAVEGUIDES;

COATED GLASS; FIBRE TIP; FIELD ENHANCEMENT; GLASS-FIBERS; LOCALISED; METAL-COATED; NEAR FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SCANNING NEAR-FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SURFACE-PLASMON; WAVEGUIDES MODES;

SURFACE PLASMONS;

GLASS FIBER; NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; MATERIAL COATING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; METAL BINDING; PLASMON COUPLED TIP ENHANCED NEAR FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING NEAR FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0038001514     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.2003.01108.x     Document Type: Article

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