Scanning near-field optical microscopy with a tetrahedral tip at a resolution of 6 NM

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 75-78

  Koglin, J ^a   Fischer, U C ^a   Fuchs, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Scanning near field optical microscope; Scanning tunneling microscope

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039616757     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.227700     Document Type: Article

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