A super-resolving linear optical microscope

这笔资金将使我们能够建造一台分辨率远远超过瑞利衍射极限的显微镜。该仪器的构建和成功测试将产生一种革命性的超分辨成像技术。与现有的超分辨技术相反，我们的方法不采用非线性光学或近场方法。此外，虽然依赖于量子光学原理，但它不需要任何非经典光源，因此可以用于不能直接接近的物体，例如天文物体。这种有待开发的方法有可能改变几个科学领域的面貌，包括天文学、生物学、医学和纳米技术，以及光学机械工业。通过这种方式，它可以预期为加拿大带来直接的经济，人力和学术利益。

The funding will allow us to build a microscope with a resolution far beyond Rayleigh's (diffraction) limit. The construction and successful testing of this instrument will yield a revolutionary superresolving imaging technique. Contrary to existing superresolving techniques, our method does not resort to nonlinear-optical or near-field methods. Furthermore, while reliant on quantum optical principles, it does not require any nonclassical light sources and hence can be used with objects that are not directly accessible, such as astronomical objects. The method to be developed has a potential to change the faces of several fields of science, including astronomy, biology, medicine and nanotechnology, as well as optomechanical industry. In this way, it can be expected to be of direct economic, human and academic benefit to Canada.