Simple fiber-optic confocal microscopy with nanoscale depth resolution beyond the diffraction barrier

Review of Scientific Instruments

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Ilev, Ilko ^a   Waynant, Ronald ^a   Gannot, Israel ^b   Gandjbakhche, Amir ^c  

^a CENTER FOR DEVICES AND RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b George Washington University

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; FIBER OPTICS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; REFLECTION; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; WAVELENGTH;

DIFFRACTION BARRIER; FIBER-OPTIC CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; INTRACELLULAR ANALYTES; NANOSCALE DEPTH RESOLUTION;

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

FIBER OPTICS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 34848851309     PISSN: 00346748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2777173     Document Type: Article

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