Fundaments of optical far-field subwavelength resolution based on illumination with surface waves

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 11928-11942

  Lopez Boada, Roberto ^a   Regan, Charles J ^b   Dominguez, Daniel ^b,c   Bernussi, Ayrton A ^b   De Peralta, Luis Grave ^b,c  

^a BARRY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Texas Tech University   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE;

DIFFRACTION PHENOMENON; ENHANCED TRANSMISSION; EXPERIMENTAL REALIZATIONS; MICROSCOPE CAMERAS; OPTICAL SUPERLENSES; PHYSICAL PRINCIPLES; SUBWAVELENGTH RESOLUTION; THEORETICAL APPROACH;

SURFACE WAVES;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT; MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; RADIATION SCATTERING; THEORETICAL MODEL; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FAILURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LENSES; LIGHT; LIGHTING; MICROSCOPY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 84878545682     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.011928     Document Type: Article

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