Standard sample probes for characterizing optical apertures in near-field scanning optical microscopy

Review of Scientific Instruments

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 2424-2428

  Imhof, Joseph M ^a   Kwak, Eun Soo ^a   Bout, David A Vanden ^a  

^a University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; GOLD; IMAGE ANALYSIS; THIN FILMS;

OPTICAL APERTURES;

NEAR FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0038003844     PISSN: 00346748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1556951     Document Type: Article

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