A nanoplasmonic probe for near-field imaging

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 11280-11289

  Backs, J A J ^a   Sederberg, S ^a   Elezzabi, A Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPE SYSTEM; HIGHER RESOLUTION; NEAR FIELD IMAGING; NEAR-FIELD IMAGES; NEAR-FIELD OPTICAL PROBES; NEAR-FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPE; OPTICAL NEAR FIELD; PROBE DESIGN; SUBWAVELENGTH APERTURES;

PROBES;

EID: 79958207228     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.011280     Document Type: Article

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