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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2008
Applicants:
Jonathan R. Tischler, Sharon, MA (US);
Michael Scott Bradley, Cambridge, MA (US);
Vladimir Bulovic, Lexington, MA (US);
Inventors:
Jonathan R. Tischler, Sharon, MA (US);
Michael Scott Bradley, Cambridge, MA (US);
Vladimir Bulovic, Lexington, MA (US);
Assignee:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/00 (2006.01); G01Q 60/18 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An optical fiber including a surface including a non-covalent multilayer including a light-absorbing material can be used to develop fluorescence microscopy with a lateral resolution of about 5 nm and possibly lower. The non-covalent multilayer can be a highly absorptive thin film, for example a film based on J-aggregates, which can be used with conventional Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscopy.