Global Patent Index - EP 1161669 A4

EP 1161669 A4 20061220 - DECONVOLVING FAR-FIELD IMAGES USING SCANNED PROBE DATA

Title (en)

DECONVOLVING FAR-FIELD IMAGES USING SCANNED PROBE DATA

Title (de)

ENTFALTEN VON FERN-FELD-BILDERN MIT HILFE VON ZEILENABGETASTETEN SONDENDATEN

Title (fr)

DECONVOLUTION D'IMAGES A CHAMP LOINTAIN AU MOYEN DE DONNEES DE SONDE SCANNEES

Publication

EP 1161669 A4 20061220 (EN)

Application

EP 00907321 A 20000214

Priority

  • IL 12851999 A 19990214
  • US 0040002 W 20000214

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO0047978A1] A method for deconvolving far-field optical images beyond the diffraction limit includes the use of near-field optical and other scanned probe imaging data to provide powerful and new constraints for the deconvolution of far-field data sets. Near-field data, such as that which can be obtained from atomic force microscopy on a region of the far-field data set in an integrated and inter-digitate way, is used to produce resolutions beyond the diffraction limit of the lens that is being used. In the case of non-linear optical imaging or other microscopies, resolutions beyond that which is achievable with these microscopies can be obtained.

IPC 1-7

G01N 13/14; G02B 21/36

IPC 8 full level

G01N 13/10 (2006.01); G01N 13/14 (2006.01); G01N 13/16 (2006.01); G01Q 30/02 (2010.01); G01Q 30/04 (2010.01); G01Q 60/18 (2010.01); G01Q 60/24 (2010.01); G02B 21/00 (2006.01); G02B 21/36 (2006.01); G12B 21/20 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

G01Q 30/04 (2013.01); G01Q 40/00 (2013.01); G02B 21/002 (2013.01); G02B 21/365 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

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  • [A] VAEZ-IRAVANI M ET AL: "CORRELATIVE IMAGING IN SCANNING NEAR-FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPY", JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: PART A, AVS /AIP, MELVILLE, NY, US, vol. 11, no. 4, PART 1, 1 July 1993 (1993-07-01), pages 742 - 747, XP000403702, ISSN: 0734-2101
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Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 0047978 A1 20000817; EP 1161669 A1 20011212; EP 1161669 A4 20061220; IL 128519 A0 20000601; JP 2002536696 A 20021029

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 0040002 W 20000214; EP 00907321 A 20000214; IL 12851999 A 19990214; JP 2000598839 A 20000214