A novel concept for a mid-field microscope

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 5703, Issue , 2005, Pages 118-126

  Docter, M W ^a   Young, I T ^a   Kutchoukov, V G ^a   Bossche, A ^a   Alkemade, P F A ^a   Garini, Y ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

High resolution; Hole array; Microscopy; Mid field; Nanostructure; Near field; Plasmons

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; DIFFRACTION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

HIGH RESOLUTION; HOLE ARRAY; MID-FIELD; NEAR-FIELD; PLASMONS;

MICROSCOPES;

EID: 23244467900     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.588216     Document Type: Conference Paper

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