Near-field focusing of the dielectric microsphere with wavelength scale radius
Near-field focusing of the dielectric microsphere with wavelength scale radius
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波长尺度半径介电微球的近场聚焦
DOI:
10.1364/oe.21.002434
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发表时间:
2013-01-28
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影响因子:
3.8
通讯作者:
Zhuang, Songlin
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作者:
Guo, Hanming;Han, Yunxuan;Zhuang, Songlin
We focus on physically analyzing the origins of the numerical aperture (NA) and the spherical aberration of the microsphere with wavelength scale radius. We demonstrate that the microsphere naturally has negligible spherical aberration and high NA when the refractive index contrast (RIC) between the microsphere and its surrounding medium is about from 1.5 to 1.75. The reason is due to the spherical aberration compensation arising from the positive spherical aberration caused by the surface shape of the microsphere and the RIC and the negative spherical aberration caused by the focal shifts due to the wavelength scale dimension of the microsphere. We show that, only within the approximate region of 1.5