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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