Scanning Probe Microscopy
This is a sub-diffraction technique. Examples of scanning probe microscopes are the atomic force microscope (AFM), the Scanning tunneling microscope and the photonic force microscope. All such methods imply a solid probe tip in the (near field) of an object, which is supposed to be almost flat.
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