Nanoscale resolution in the focal plane of an optical microscope

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 14, 2005, Pages

  Westphal, Volker ^a   Hell, Stefan W ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; LIGHT MICROSCOPES; OPTICAL BANDWIDTH; STIMULATED EMISSION DEPLETION (STED);

BANDWIDTH; FLUORESCENCE; LASER PULSES; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; POLARIZATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; WAVE PROPAGATION;

OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

EID: 18144387991     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.143903     Document Type: Article

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