Near-field imaging by a micro-particle: A model for conversion of evanescent photons into propagating photons

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 5325-5335

  Ganic, Djenan ^a   Gan, Xiaosong ^a   Gu, Min ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; DIFFRACTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; PHOTONS; RESONANCE; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

EVANESCENT WAVES; IMAGE FORMATION THEORY; OPTICAL NEAR-FIELD IMAGING;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 10444242617     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.005325     Document Type: Article

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