From microscopy to nanoscopy via visible light

Light: Science and Applications

Volumn 2, Issue OCTOBER, 2013, Pages

  Hao, Xiang ^a   Kuang, Cuifang ^a   Gu, Zhaotai ^a   Wang, Yifan ^a   Li, Shuai ^a   Ku, Yulong ^a   Li, Yanghui ^a   Ge, Jianhong ^a   Liu, Xu ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Evanescent wave; Nonlinear effect; Optical nanoscopy; Super resolution; Superoscillation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891781399     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20477538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/lsa.2013.64     Document Type: Review

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