Penetrating ever farther into the submicron world, microscope designers have broken through the diffraction barrier that once stood between researchers and the mysterious depths of the nano world.

Near-field optical microscopy techniques breach the diffraction limit of conventional light microscopy by exploiting the evanescent fields generated at a sharp probe or aperture placed in close ...

Understanding the interaction between light and matter at the smallest scales (angstrom scale) is essential for advancing technology and materials science. Atomic-scale structures, such as defects in ...

Diamond Light Source is one of the world’s most advanced scientific facilities. Located at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire, it houses the UK’s national synchrotron facility ...