Enhanced resolution beyond the Abbe diffraction limit with wavelength-scale solid immersion lenses

Optics Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2007-2009

  Mason, Daniel R ^a   Jouravlev, Mikhail V ^a   Kim, Kwang S ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABBE DIFFRACTION; DATA STORAGE; DIFFRACTION LIMITS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAINS; FOCAL SPOT; HIGH-QUALITY IMAGING; NANO SCALE; NEAR-FIELD; SOLID IMMERSION LENS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; LENSES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

OPTICAL DATA STORAGE;

EID: 77954946022     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: 15394794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.35.002007     Document Type: Article

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