Solid immersion microscope

1990/12/10 by Scott Mansfield, G. S. Kino · 6 citations
Engineering · Materials Science · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Near-Field Optical Microscopy #Optical Coatings and Gratings #Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques

paper · doi:10.1063/1.103828

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Abstract

A new type of real-time optical microscope has been developed that operates on the same principle as a liquid immersion microscope, with the liquid replaced by a solid lens of high refractive index material. Using a lens with an index n=2 and 436 nm illumination, this microscope has resolved 100 nm lines and spaces and has demonstrated a factor of two improvement in the edge response over a confocal microscope.

Citations

• Electromagnetic diffraction in optical systems, II. Structure of the image field in an aplanatic system

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