A complete and computationally efficient numerical model of aplanatic solid immersion lens scanning microscope

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 14316-14330

  Chen, Rui ^a   Agarwal, Krishna ^a   Sheppard, Colin J R ^b   Phang, Jacob C H ^a   Chen, Xudong ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; SCANNING;

COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; LARGE SCALE STRUCTURES; NUMERICAL TECHNIQUES; SCANNING MICROSCOPE; SOLID IMMERSION LENS; THEORETICAL ASPECTS;

MICROSCOPES;

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

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

EID: 84879354495     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.014316     Document Type: Article

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