Metal-free scanning optical microscopy with a fractal fiber probe

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1772-1780

  Rollinson, C M ^a   Orbons, S M ^a   Huntington, S T ^a   Gibson, B C ^a   Canning, J ^b   Love, J D ^c   Roberts, A ^a   Jamieson, D N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METALS; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PROBES;

METAL SUBSTRATE; NANO-METER SCALE; NEAR FIELD IMAGING; OPTICAL FIELD; OPTICAL THROUGHPUT; SAMPLE EMISSION; SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SUBWAVELENGTH APERTURES;

NEAR FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

EID: 59749090343     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.001772     Document Type: Article

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