Near-field optics: From subwavelength illumination to nanometric shadowing

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1378-1386

  Lewis, Aaron ^a   Taha, Hesham ^a   Strinkovski, Alina ^a   Manevitch, Alexandra ^a   Khatchatouriants, Artium ^a   Dekhter, Rima ^a   Ammann, Erich ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LENSES; LIGHT SOURCES; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER;

SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

BIOLOGY; ILLUMINATION; IMAGING; LENS; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCANNING NEAR FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 0242385403     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt898     Document Type: Review

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