Microsphere based microscope with optical super-resolution capability

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 99, Issue 20, 2011, Pages

  Hao, Xiang ^a   Kuang, Cuifang ^a   Liu, Xu ^a   Zhang, Haijun ^a   Li, Yanghui ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVANESCENT WAVE; FAR FIELD; LIQUID DROPLETS; MAGNIFICATION FACTORS; NEAR-FIELD; SUPER RESOLUTION;

OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER;

MICROSPHERES;

EID: 81855198022     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3662010     Document Type: Article

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