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INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS OF INVESTIGATION

The near-field microscope as a tool for studying nanoparticles

I. S. Osad'ko

P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

Abstract: The oscillating electric dipole field induced by laser light at the probe tip of the near field microscope is shown to allow a higher resolution compared to the conventional optical microscope.

PACS: 07.79.Fc, 41.20.-q, 68.37.Vj

Received: April 24, 2009
Revised: September 13, 2009

DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0180.201001c.0083

 English version: Physics–Uspekhi, 2010, 53:1, 77–81

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