Near-Field Spot for Localized Light-Excitation of a Single Fluorescent Molecule

Muhammad Shemyal NISAR; Yujun CUI; Kaitong DANG; Liyong JIANG; Xiangwei ZHAO

doi:10.1007/s13320-020-0593-2

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