High resolution interference microscopy: A tool for probing optical waves in the far-field on a nanometric length scale

Current Nanoscience

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 337-350

  Rockstuhl, Carsten ^a,b   Märki, Iwan ^a   Scharf, Toralf ^a   Salt, Martin ^a,c   Herzig, Hans Peter ^a   Dändliker, René ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c Heptagon Oy ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diffraction; Interferometry; Nano optic; Super resolution

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER GENERATED HOLOGRAPHY; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; MICROLENSES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

NANO-OPTICAL STRUCTURES; PHASE SINGULARITIES; TRENCHES;

MICROOPTICS;

ACCURACY; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; DIFFRACTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; HIGH RESOLUTION INTERFERENCE MICROSCOPY; LIGHT; NANOPARTICLE; OPTICS; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIMULATION;

EID: 33750714420     PISSN: 15734137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157341306778699383     Document Type: Review

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