Pump-probe measurements were performed with a subwavelength spatial resolution of 355 nm and a temporal resolution of 130 fs in a multiple quantum well sample at T= 8 K. A solid immersion lens was used to increase the spatial resolution to 0.41 lambda, demonstrating that the limit of conventional microscopy was surpassed.

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