Three-dimensional total internal reflection microscopy

被引:37
作者
Carney, PS [1 ]
Schotland, JC [1 ]
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[1] Washington Univ, Dept Elect Engn, St Louis, MO 63130 USA
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10.1364/OL.26.001072
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We investigate the inverse-scattering problem that arises in total internal reflection microscopy. An analytic solution to this problem within the weak-scattering approximation is used to develop a novel form of three-dimensional microscopy with subwavelength resolution. (C) 2001 Optical Society of America.
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页码:1072 / 1074
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