Photon-induced near-field electron microscopy

Nature

Volumn 462, Issue 7275, 2009, Pages 902-906

  Barwick, Brett ^a   Flannigan, David J ^a   Zewail, Ahmed H ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE; NANOWIRE; SILVER;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTRON; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMAGING METHOD; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL METHOD; POLARIZATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; VISUALIZATION;

ARTICLE; DIFFRACTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENERGY; FAST ELECTRON RADIATION; PHOTON; PHOTON INDUCED NEAR FIELD ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ELECTRONS; LASERS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NANOTUBES, CARBON; NANOWIRES; PHOTONS; SILVER; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 72449204105     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08662     Document Type: Article

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