Superresolution imaging via superoscillation focusing of a radially polarized beam
Superresolution imaging via superoscillation focusing of a radially polarized beam
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DOI:
10.1364/optica.5.000086
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发表时间:
2018-02-20
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10.4
通讯作者:
Sato, Shunichi
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作者:
Kozawa, Yuichi;Matsunaga, Daichi;Sato, Shunichi
The phenomenon of superoscillation produces oscillations that are faster than the fastest Fourier component of a system, potentially forming a local "hot spot" with a size below the diffraction limit. We show that a radially polarized Laguerre-Gaussian mode has the inherent ability to form superoscillation spots simply by controlling the incident beam size. We investigate this in detail, both numerically and experimentally. Our numerical simulations predict that lateral resolutions close to 100 nm are possible for practical confocal laser scanning microscopy with visible light. We demonstrate experimentally that superoscillation focusing can offer significant spatial resolution improvements for fluorescence imaging. (c) 2018 Optical Society of America under the terms of the OSA Open Access Publishing Agreement