Effects of optical variables in immersion lens-based near-field optics

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 13933-13948

  Kim, Wan Chin ^a   Yoon, Yong Joong ^a   Choi, Hyun ^a   Park, No Cheol ^a   Park, Young Pil ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LENSES; NEAR FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PHASE INTERFACES; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

CIRCULARLY POLARIZED; FIELD PROPAGATION; INCIDENT POLARIZATION STATE; MULTI-LAYERED MEDIUMS; NEAR FIELD OPTICS; OPTICAL CONFIGURATIONS; POLARIZED ILLUMINATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX MISMATCH;

OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LENSES; MICROSCOPY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 51149085600     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.013933     Document Type: Article

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