Topic · Near-Field Optical Microscopy
Most cited papers in Near-Field Optical Microscopy
What are the most cited papers in Near-Field Optical Microscopy?
The most cited paper in Near-Field Optical Microscopy is "Strong localization of photons in certain disordered dielectric superlattices" (Sajeev John, 1987), with 10,049 citations. Next come "Sub-diffraction-limit imaging by stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy (STORM)" (8,412) and "Extraordinary optical transmission through sub-wavelength hole arrays" (7,694).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 908 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Strong localization of photons in certain disordered dielectric superlattices Sajeev John · Physical Review Letters | 8 Jun 1987 | 10,049 |
| 2 | Sub-diffraction-limit imaging by stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy (STORM) Michael J. Rust, Mark Bates, Xiaowei Zhuang · Nature Methods | 9 Aug 2006 | 8,412 |
| 3 | Extraordinary optical transmission through sub-wavelength hole arrays Thomas W. Ebbesen, Henri J. Lezec, H. F. Ghaemi et al. · Nature | Feb 1998 | 7,694 |
| 4 | Breaking the diffraction resolution limit by stimulated emission: stimulated-emission-depletion fluorescence microscopy Stefan W. Hell, Jan Wichmann · Optics Letters | Jun 1994 | 6,210 |
| 5 | Electromagnetic scattering by surfaces of arbitrary shape S. Rao, Donald R. Wilton, Allen Wilburn Glisson · IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation | May 1982 | 5,413 |
| 6 | A revolution in optical manipulation David G. Grier · Nature | Aug 2003 | 5,145 |
| 7 | Calibration of atomic-force microscope tips Jeffrey L. Hutter, John Bechhoefer · Review of Scientific Instruments | Jul 1993 | 4,225 |
| 8 | Surpassing the lateral resolution limit by a factor of two using structured illumination microscopy Mats G. Gustafsson · Journal of Microscopy | May 2000 | 3,882 |
| 9 | Orbital angular momentum: origins, behavior and applications Alison M. Yao, Miles J. Padgett · Advances in Optics and Photonics | 15 May 2011 | 3,323 |
| 10 | Enhancement and Quenching of Single-Molecule Fluorescence Pascal Anger, Palash Bharadwaj, Lukáš Novotný · Physical Review Letters | 21 Mar 2006 | 3,150 |
| 11 | Geometrical Theory of Diffraction* Joseph Bishop Keller · Journal of the Optical Society of America | Feb 1962 | 3,084 |
| 12 | Far-Field Optical Nanoscopy Stefan W. Hell · Science | 25 May 2007 | 3,002 |
| 13 | Cylindrical vector beams: from mathematical concepts to applications Qiwen Zhan · Advances in Optics and Photonics | 2009 | 2,996 |
| 14 | Three-Dimensional Super-Resolution Imaging by Stochastic Optical Reconstruction Microscopy Bo Han Huang, Wen-Qin Wang, Mark Bates et al. · Science | 3 Jan 2008 | 2,942 |
| 15 | Exact solutions for nondiffracting beams I The scalar theory J. Durnin · Journal of the Optical Society of America A | Apr 1987 | 2,630 |
| 16 | Nano-optics of surface plasmon polaritons Anatoly V. Zayats, Igor I. Smolyaninov, Alexei A. Maradudin · Physics Reports | 2 Feb 2005 | 2,517 |
| 17 | Observation of Accelerating Airy Beams Georgios A. Siviloglou, J. Broky, Aristide C. Dogariu et al. · Physical Review Letters | 20 Nov 2007 | 2,425 |
| 18 | Frequency modulation detection using high- Q cantilevers for enhanced force microscope sensitivity Thomas R. Albrecht, Peter Grütter, Don Horne et al. · Journal of Applied Physics | 15 Jan 1991 | 2,416 |
| 19 | Optical vortices 30 years on: OAM manipulation from topological charge to multiple singularities Yijie Shen, Xuejiao Wang, Zhenwei Xie et al. · Light Science & Applications | 2 Oct 2019 | 2,311 |
| 20 | Nonlinear structured-illumination microscopy: Wide-field fluorescence imaging with theoretically unlimited resolution Mats G. Gustafsson · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 2 Sep 2005 | 2,261 |
| 21 | Advances in atomic force microscopy Franz J. Gießibl · Reviews of Modern Physics | 29 Jul 2003 | 2,260 |
| 22 | Tweezers with a twist Miles J. Padgett, Richard W Bowman · Nature Photonics | 31 May 2011 | 2,236 |
| 23 | Optical Trapping and Manipulation of Viruses and Bacteria Arthur Ashkin, J. M. Dziedzic · Science | 20 Mar 1987 | 2,192 |
| 24 | Far-Field Optical Hyperlens Magnifying Sub-Diffraction-Limited Objects Zhaowei Liu, Hyesog Lee, Yi Xiong et al. · Science | 22 Mar 2007 | 2,188 |
| 25 | Calibration of rectangular atomic force microscope cantilevers John Elie Sader, James W. M. Chon, Paul A. Mulvaney · Review of Scientific Instruments | Oct 1999 | 2,149 |
| 26 | Sharper Focus for a Radially Polarized Light Beam Ralf Dorn, Susanne Quabis, Gerd Leuchs · Physical Review Letters | 2 Dec 2003 | 2,127 |
| 27 | Resonant Optical Antennas Peter Mühlschlegel, H.‐J. Eisler, Olivier J. F. Martin et al. · Science | 9 Jun 2005 | 2,116 |
| 28 | Lattice light-sheet microscopy: Imaging molecules to embryos at high spatiotemporal resolution Bi‐Chang Chen et al. · Science | 23 Oct 2014 | 2,103 |
| 29 | Dynamic atomic force microscopy methods Ricardo Alexandrino Garcia · Surface Science Reports | Sep 2002 | 2,071 |
| 30 | Direct measurement of colloidal forces using an atomic force microscope William A. Ducker, Tim J. Senden, Richard Mark Pashley · Nature | Sep 1991 | 2,067 |
| 31 | Optical stethoscopy: Image recording with resolution λ/20 Dieter Pohl, Winfried T. Denk, M. Lanz · Applied Physics Letters | Apr 1984 | 2,031 |
| 32 | Fluorescence microscopy with diffraction resolution barrier broken by stimulated emission Thomas Arno Klar, Stefan Jakobs, Marcus Dyba et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 18 Jul 2000 | 1,902 |
| 33 | Scanning Confocal Optical Microscopy and Magnetic Resonance on Single Defect Centers Achim Dieter Gruber, A. Dräbenstedt, C. Tietz et al. · Science | 27 Jun 1997 | 1,848 |
| 34 | Near-Field Optics: Microscopy, Spectroscopy, and Surface Modification Beyond the Diffraction Limit Eric Betzig, Jay K. Trautman · Science | 10 Jul 1992 | 1,808 |
| 35 | Surface Plasmon Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation: Quantum Generation of Coherent Surface Plasmons in Nanosystems David J. Bergman, Mark I. Stockman · Physical Review Letters | 14 Jan 2003 | 1,758 |
| 36 | Focusing of high numerical aperture cylindrical-vector beams Kathleen S. Youngworth, Thomas G. Brown · Optics Express | 17 Jul 2000 | 1,697 |
| 37 | Direct Observation of Transfer of Angular Momentum to Absorptive Particles from a Laser Beam with a Phase Singularity Huan He, M. E. J. Friese, N. R. Heckenberg et al. · Physical Review Letters | 31 Jul 1995 | 1,677 |
| 38 | Three-Dimensional Resolution Doubling in Wide-Field Fluorescence Microscopy by Structured Illumination Mats G. Gustafsson, Lin Shao, Peter Mark Carlton et al. · Biophysical Journal | 8 Mar 2008 | 1,618 |
| 39 | Nanoscale chemical analysis by tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy Raoul M. Stöckle, Yung Doug Suh, Volker Deckert et al. · Chemical Physics Letters | Feb 2000 | 1,608 |
| 40 | Calculation of thermal noise in atomic force microscopy H -J Butt, Manfred Jaschke · Nanotechnology | 1995 | 1,602 |
| 41 | Enhancement of Single-Molecule Fluorescence Using a Gold Nanoparticle as an Optical Nanoantenna Sergei Kühn, Ulf Håkanson, L. Rogobete et al. · Physical Review Letters | 7 Jul 2006 | 1,570 |
| 42 | Optical Hyperlens: Far-field imaging beyond the diffraction limit Zubin Jacob, Leonid Alekseyev, Evgenii E. Narimanov · Optics Express | 2006 | 1,563 |
| 43 | Interparticle Coupling Effects on Plasmon Resonances of Nanogold Particles K.-H. Su, Qi‐Huo Wei, Xiang Zhang et al. · Nano Letters | 21 Jun 2003 | 1,548 |
| 44 | Breaking the Diffraction Barrier: Optical Microscopy on a Nanometric Scale Eric Betzig, Jay K. Trautman, T.D. Harris et al. · Science | 22 Mar 1991 | 1,539 |
| 45 | Multicolor Super-Resolution Imaging with Photo-Switchable Fluorescent Probes Mark Bates, Bo Han Huang, Graham T. Dempsey et al. · Science | 16 Aug 2007 | 1,539 |
| 46 | Dynamic holographic optical tweezers Jennifer E. Curtis, Brian A. Koss, David G. Grier · Optics Communications | Jun 2002 | 1,534 |
| 47 | Unidirectional Emission of a Quantum Dot Coupled to a Nanoantenna Alberto G. Curto, Giorgio Volpe, T. H. Taminiau et al. · Science | 19 Aug 2010 | 1,506 |
| 48 | Plasmon nano-optical tweezers Mathieu L. Juan, Maurizio Righini, Romain Quidant · Nature Photonics | 31 May 2011 | 1,444 |
| 49 | Frequency response of cantilever beams immersed in viscous fluids with applications to the atomic force microscope John Elie Sader · Journal of Applied Physics | Jul 1998 | 1,406 |
| 50 | Atomic force microscope–force mapping and profiling on a sub 100-Å scale Y. Martin, Clayton C. Williams, Hemantha Kumar Wickramasinghe · Journal of Applied Physics | 15 May 1987 | 1,404 |
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