Ultrahigh interference spatial compression of light inside the subwavelength aperture of a near-field optical probe

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 831-838

  Arslanov, Narkis M ^a   Moiseev, Sergey A ^a  

^a ZAVOISKY PHYSICAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT INTERFERENCE; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER;

LIGHT COMPRESSION; NEAR-FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; NEAR-FIELD OPTICAL PROBE; SUBWAVELENGTH APERTURE; ULTRAHIGH INTERFERENCE SPATIAL COMPRESSION;

PROBES;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIGHT; MICROSCOPY, SCANNING PROBE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34047165341     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.24.000831     Document Type: Article

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