Nanoscale optical tomography with cathodoluminescence spectroscopy

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 429-436

  Atre, Ashwin C ^a   Brenny, Benjamin J M ^b   Coenen, Toon ^b   García Etxarri, Aitzol ^a   Polman, Albert ^b   Dionne, Jennifer A ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; INFRARED DEVICES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VISUALIZATION;

CATHODOLUMINESCENCE INTENSITY; CATHODOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROMAGNETIC EIGENMODES; LIGHT-MATTER INTERACTIONS; SPECTROSCOPIC TOMOGRAPHIES; THREE DIMENSIONAL VISUALIZATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NANOSTRUCTURES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL RECONSTRUCTION;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

ARTICLE; CATHODOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPIC TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFRACTION; DIPOLE; ELECTRON BEAM; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; GEOMETRY; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SPECTROSCOPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84929289948     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2015.39     Document Type: Article

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