Abstract
The lateral resolution in a conventional optical microscope is limited by diffraction. However, almost 70 years ago E.H. Synge [1] suggested that by scanning a sub-wavelength aperture over an object, and in close proximity to it, the diffraction limit could be circumvented.
© 1997 Optical Society of America
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