Enhanced resolution beyond the Abbe diffraction limit with wavelength-scale solid immersion lenses
Optics Letters, Vol. 35, Issue 12, pp. 2007-2009 (2010)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.35.002007
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Abstract
The solid immersion lens (SIL) is a well-developed near-field optical device for imaging and data storage. Recent experiments have demonstrated high-quality imaging beyond the diffraction limit by nanoscale lenses in an SIL-type implementation [ Nature 460, 498 (2009)]; we call these nSIL. A question arises as to what resolution is obtainable with an nSIL. From full three-dimensional, finite-difference time-domain calculations, we demonstrate that the FWHM of the focal spot of an objective-lens–nSIL system can be reduced by greater than 25% compared to a regular macroscopic SIL.
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OCIS Codes
(180.0180) Microscopy : Microscopy
(220.3630) Optical design and fabrication : Lenses
(350.3950) Other areas of optics : Micro-optics
(350.5730) Other areas of optics : Resolution
(180.4243) Microscopy : Near-field microscopy
(310.6628) Thin films : Subwavelength structures, nanostructures
ToC Category:
Microscopy
History
Original Manuscript: March 15, 2010
Revised Manuscript: May 6, 2010
Manuscript Accepted: May 7, 2010
Published: June 8, 2010
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Vol. 5, Iss. 11 Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics
Citation
Daniel R. Mason, Mikhail V. Jouravlev, and Kwang S. Kim, "Enhanced resolution beyond the Abbe diffraction limit with wavelength-scale solid immersion lenses," Opt. Lett. 35, 2007-2009 (2010)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/vjbo/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-35-12-2007
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