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Optical near-field scanning by microparticles suspended in immersion fluid

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A new method of obtaining images with a resolution exceeding the diffraction limit of an optical microscope is proposed and experimentally implemented. The method is based on monitoring the pattern of free motion of microparticles over the sample surface and an analysis of the intensity of light scattered by these particles. In experiment, a threefold increase in the ultimate resolution of a microscope has been achieved.

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  1. Academic University Department of Nonlinear Optics, Institute of Electrophysics (Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences), South Ural State University, Chelyabinsk, 454080, Russia

    Yu. V. Miklyaev, S. A. Asselborn & A. M. Gerasimov

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Original Russian Text © Yu.V. Miklyaev, S.A. Asselborn, A.M. Gerasimov, 2014, published in Pis’ma v Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, 2014, Vol. 40, No. 15, pp. 22–29.

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Miklyaev, Y.V., Asselborn, S.A. & Gerasimov, A.M. Optical near-field scanning by microparticles suspended in immersion fluid. Tech. Phys. Lett. 40, 640–643 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063785014080100

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