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A terahertz nanoscope

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Replacing the 'micro' in microscope with 'nano', and using invisible light instead of visible, won't give scientists an instrument that can image nanostructures — unless they first beat the system's diffraction limit.

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Figure 1: Sharp eyes of the terahertz nanoscope.

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  1. Paul Planken is in the Department of Imaging Science and Technology, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Technology Delft, Lorentzweg 1, Delft 2628 CJ, the Netherlands. p.c.m.planken@tudelft.nl,

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Planken, P. A terahertz nanoscope. Nature 456, 454–455 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/456454a

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