A review of optical near-fields in particle/tip-assisted laser nanofabrication

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science

Volumn 224, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1113-1127

  Wang, Z B ^a   Joseph, N ^a   Li, L ^a   Luk'Yanchuk, B S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b DATA STORAGE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Diffraction limit; Evanescent wave; Laser nanofabrication; Near field

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL AND NUMERICAL METHODS; DIFFRACTION LIMITS; EVANESCENT WAVE; NANOFABRICATION; NANOFABRICATION TECHNIQUES; NEAR-FIELD; OPTICAL DIFFRACTION LIMIT; OPTICAL NEAR FIELD; SAMPLE SYSTEM; SCATTERING OBJECTS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SUB-DIFFRACTION; THEORETICAL MODELLING;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; NUMERICAL METHODS;

AGGLOMERATION;

EID: 77952697217     PISSN: 09544062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544062JMES1766     Document Type: Review

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