Near-field optical imaging using metal tips illuminated by higher-order Hermite-Gaussian beams

Ultramicroscopy

Volumn 71, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 21-29

  Novotny, Lukas ^a   Sánchez, Erik J ^a   Sunney Xie, X ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluorescence imaging; Nanotechnology; Near field optics; Nonlinear optics; Single molecule detection

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FLUORESCENCE; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LASER BEAMS; LIGHTING; METALS; MOLECULES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PARTICLE OPTICS;

FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; HERMITE-GAUSSIAN BEAM; LASER ILLUMINATION; NEAR FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; NEAR FIELD OPTICS; PARAXIAL APPROXIMATION; SINGLE MOLECULE DETECTION;

OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

METAL;

ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE; ILLUMINATION; LASER; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHOTON; SCANNING NEAR FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0344541852     PISSN: 03043991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3991(97)00077-6     Document Type: Article

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