Title :
An apertureless near field microscope for fluorescence imaging
Author :
Yang, T.J. ; Lessard, G.A. ; Quake, S.R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Phys., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. We demonstrate an apertureless near-field scanning microscope for fluorescence imaging with λ/20 resolution. The use of fluorescence allows artifact free imaging and provides a stringent test that the contrast mechanism is optical in origin.
Keywords :
fluorescence spectroscopy; near-field scanning optical microscopy; optical microscopes; optical resolving power; /spl lambda//20 resolution; apertureless near-field scanning microscope; artifact free imaging; contrast mechanism; fluorescence imaging; Atomic force microscopy; Electromagnetic scattering; Fluorescence; Image resolution; Light scattering; Optical imaging; Optical microscopy; Optical scattering; Particle scattering; Probes;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO '99. Summaries of Papers Presented at the Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-595-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.1999.834614
