Spatial Resolution of Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscopy with Sub-wavelength Aperture
Optics
2009-10-31 v1 Computational Physics
Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract
The finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method is employed to solve the three dimensional Maxwell equation for the situation of near-field microscopy using a sub-wavelength aperture. Experimental result on unexpected high spatial resolution is reproduced by our computer simulation.
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@article{arxiv.physics/9911001,
title = {Spatial Resolution of Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscopy with Sub-wavelength Aperture},
author = {H. Nakamura and K. Sawada and H. Kambe and T . Saiki and T. Sato},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/9911001},
year = {2009}
}
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2 pages, 3 figures