Super-resolution imaging by high-index microspheres immersed in a liquid

International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Darafsheh, Arash ^a   Fiddy, Michael A ^a   Astratov, Vasily N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

barium titanate; imaging; microscopy; microsphere; subdiffraction resolution; super resolution

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL MICROSCOPY; BLU-RAY; FAR FIELD; HIGH-INDEX; INDIVIDUAL CELLS; ISO-PROPANOLS; LIQUID ENVIRONMENT; ONE-DIMENSIONAL ARRAYS; PEAK WAVELENGTH; SUB-DIFFRACTION; SUPER RESOLUTION; SUPER RESOLUTION IMAGING; TITANATE GLASS; WHITE-LIGHT ILLUMINATION;

BARIUM TITANATE; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MICROSPHERES; NANOPHOTONICS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; TRANSPARENT OPTICAL NETWORKS;

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EID: 84866980341     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21627339     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICTON.2012.6254502     Document Type: Conference Paper

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