Imaging nanoscale features with plasmon-coupled leakage radiation far-field superlenses

doi:10.1364/OE.20.020827

Imaging nanoscale features with plasmon-coupled leakage radiation far-field superlenses

Charles J. Regan, Robier Rodriguez, Shivkumar C. Gourshetty, Luis Grave de Peralta, and Ayrton A. Bernussi »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 20, Issue 19, pp. 20827-20834 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.020827

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Optical images from nano-scale features were obtained by collection of leakage radiation coupled to surface plasmon polaritons excited by near-field fluorescence. Plasmonic crystals with spatial periods as small as 190 nm and non-periodic features separated by 80 nm, corresponding to ~λ/7, were clearly visible in the real plane images using this far-field technique. We show that the leaked light from the investigated samples carries detailed information to the far-field which is not present in the images obtained with conventional optical microscopy.

OCIS Codes
(110.0180) Imaging systems : Microscopy
(240.6680) Optics at surfaces : Surface plasmons

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Optics at Surfaces

History
Original Manuscript: July 3, 2012
Revised Manuscript: August 1, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: August 22, 2012
Published: August 28, 2012

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Vol. 7, Iss. 11 Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics

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Charles J. Regan, Robier Rodriguez, Shivkumar C. Gourshetty, Luis Grave de Peralta, and Ayrton A. Bernussi, "Imaging nanoscale features with plasmon-coupled leakage radiation far-field superlenses," Opt. Express 20, 20827-20834 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-20-19-20827

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D. O. S. Melville and R. J. Blaikie, “Super-resolution imaging through a planar silver layer,” Opt. Express13(6), 2127–2134 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
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Z. Jacob, L. V. Alekseyev, and E. Narimanov, “Optical hyperlens: far-field imaging beyond the diffraction limit,” Opt. Express14(18), 8247–8256 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
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H. Lee, Z. Liu, Y. Xiong, C. Sun, and X. Zhang, “Development of optical hyperlens for imaging below the diffraction limit,” Opt. Express15(24), 15886–15891 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
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C. J. Regan, O. Thiabgoh, L. Grave de Peralta, and A. A. Bernussi, “Probing photonic Bloch wavefunctions with plasmon-coupled leakage radiation,” Opt. Express20(8), 8658–8666 (2012). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
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C. J. Regan, A. Krishnan, R. Lopez-Boada, L. Grave de Peralta, and A. A. Bernussi, “Direct observation of photonic Fermi surfaces by plasmon tomography,” Appl. Phys. Lett.98(15), 151113 (2011). [CrossRef]
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[1] J. B. Pendry, “Negative refraction makes a perfect lens,” Phys. Rev. Lett.85(18), 3966–3969 (2000). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[2] D. O. S. Melville and R. J. Blaikie, “Super-resolution imaging through a planar silver layer,” Opt. Express13(6), 2127–2134 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[3] Z. Liu, S. Durant, H. Lee, Y. Pikus, N. Fang, Y. Xiong, C. Sun, and X. Zhang, “Far-field optical superlens,” Nano Lett.7(2), 403–408 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[4] Z. Liu, H. Lee, Y. Xiong, C. Sun, and X. Zhang, “Far-field optical hyperlens magnifying sub-diffraction-limited objects,” Science315(5819), 1686 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[5] S. Durant, Z. Liu, J. M. Steele, and X. Zhang, “Theory of the transmission properties of an optical far-field superlens for imaging beyond the diffraction limit,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B23(11), 2383–2392 (2006). [CrossRef]

[6] Z. Jacob, L. V. Alekseyev, and E. Narimanov, “Optical hyperlens: far-field imaging beyond the diffraction limit,” Opt. Express14(18), 8247–8256 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[7] A. V. Kildishev and E. E. Narimanov, “Impedance-matched hyperlens,” Opt. Lett.32(23), 3432–3434 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[8] H. Lee, Z. Liu, Y. Xiong, C. Sun, and X. Zhang, “Development of optical hyperlens for imaging below the diffraction limit,” Opt. Express15(24), 15886–15891 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[9] Y. Xiong, Z. Liu, C. Sun, and X. Zhang, “Two-dimensional imaging by far-field superlens at visible wavelengths,” Nano Lett.7(11), 3360–3365 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[10] Y. Xiong, Z. Liu, S. Durant, H. Lee, C. Sun, and X. Zhang, “Tuning the far-field superlens: from UV to visible,” Opt. Express15(12), 7095–7102 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[11] I. I. Smolyaninov, Y. J. Hung, and C. C. Davis, “Magnifying superlens in the visible frequency range,” Science315(5819), 1699–1701 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[12] S. P. Frisbie, C. F. Chesnutt, M. E. Holtz, A. Krishnan, L. de Peralta, and A. A. Bernussi, “Image formation in wide-field microscopes based on leakage of surface plasmon-coupled fluorescence,” IEEE Photon. J.1(2), 153–162 (2009). [CrossRef]

[13] C. J. Regan, O. Thiabgoh, L. Grave de Peralta, and A. A. Bernussi, “Probing photonic Bloch wavefunctions with plasmon-coupled leakage radiation,” Opt. Express20(8), 8658–8666 (2012). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[14] H. Raether, Surface Plasmons on Smooth and Rough Surfaces and Gratings (Springer-Verlag, 1988).

[15] J. R. Lakowicz, “Radiative decay engineering 3. Surface plasmon-coupled directional emission,” Anal. Biochem.324(2), 153–169 (2004). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[16] I. Gryczynski, J. Malicka, Z. Gryczynski, and J. R. Lakowicz, “Surface plasmon-coupled emission with gold films,” J. Phys. Chem. B108(33), 12568–12574 (2004). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[17] A. Giannattasio and W. L. Barnes, “Direct observation of surface plasmon-polariton dispersion,” Opt. Express13(2), 428–434 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[18] C. J. Regan, A. Krishnan, R. Lopez-Boada, L. Grave de Peralta, and A. A. Bernussi, “Direct observation of photonic Fermi surfaces by plasmon tomography,” Appl. Phys. Lett.98(15), 151113 (2011). [CrossRef]

[19] P. Chaturvedi, W. Wu, V. J. Logeeswaran, Z. Yu, M. S. Islam, S. Y. Wang, R. Williams, and N. X. Fang, “A smooth optical superlens,” Appl. Phys. Lett.96(4), 043102 (2010). [CrossRef]

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