@inproceedings{e4d0119db6074cf29054b0262f11eb3c,
title = "Fabrication and characterization of novel microsphere-embedded optical devices for enhancing microscopy resolution",
abstract = "Microsphere-assisted imaging can be incorporated onto conventional light microscopes allowing wide-field and flourescence imaging with enhanced resolution. We demonstrated that imaging of specimens containing subdiffraction-limited features is achievable through high-index microspheres embedded in a transparent thin film placed over the specimen. We fabricated novel microsphere-embedded microscope slides composed of barium titanate glass microspheres (with diameter ∼10-100 μm and refractive index∼1.9-2.2) embedded in a transparent polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) elastomer layer with controllable thickness. We characterized the imaging performance of such microsphere-embedded devices in white-light microscopies, by measuring the imaging resolution, field-of-view, and magnification as a function of microsphere size. Our results inform on the design of novel optical devices, such as microsphere-embedded microscope slides for imaging applications.",
keywords = "PDMS, Super-resolution, barium titanate, microscopy, microsphere, nanoscopy",
author = "Arash Darafsheh",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} COPYRIGHT SPIE. Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.; Three-Dimensional and Multidimensional Microscopy: Image Acquisition and Processing XXV 2018 ; Conference date: 29-01-2018 Through 31-01-2018",
year = "2018",
doi = "10.1117/12.2289240",
language = "English",
series = "Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE",
publisher = "SPIE",
editor = "Tony Wilson and Cogswell, {Carol J.} and Brown, {Thomas G.}",
booktitle = "Three-Dimensional and Multidimensional Microscopy",
}