Near-field penetrating optical microscopy: A live cell nanoscale refractive index measurement technique for quantification of internal macromolecular density

Optics Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 506-508

  Dale Strasser, Samantha ^a   Shekhawat, Gajendra ^a   Rogers, Jeremy D ^a   Dravid, Vinayak P ^a   Taflove, Allen ^a   Backman, Vadim ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABBE DIFFRACTION; BIOLOGICAL CELLS; BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES; CELL DATA; CELLULAR PROCESS; DENSITY DISTRIBUTIONS; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; LIVE CELL; NANO SCALE; NEAR-FIELD; PROBE TIPS; REFRACTIVE INDEX MEASUREMENT; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TAPERED OPTICAL FIBERS;

NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PROBES; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

MACROMOLECULES;

GLASS FIBER;

ARTICLE; CELLS; CHEEK; HUMAN; MACROMOLECULE; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; REFRACTOMETRY; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CELLS; CHEEK; HUMANS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, SCANNING PROBE; OPTICAL FIBERS; REFRACTOMETRY;

EID: 84857249939     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: 15394794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.37.000506     Document Type: Article

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