Near field imaging with resonant cavity lens

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 2325-2331

  Li, Guixin ^a   Li, Jensen ^b,c   Tam, H L ^a   Chan, C T ^b   Cheah, K W ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LENSES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; RESONANCE; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILVER;

HIGH TRANSMITTANCE; IMAGE FIDELITY; NEAR FIELD IMAGING; RESONANCE TUNNELING; RESONANT CAVITY; STANDARD PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY;

CAVITY RESONATORS;

EID: 76149090183     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.002325     Document Type: Article

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