Super-resolution optical microscopy by using dielectric microwires

Arash Darafsheh, Gaoxiang Wu, Shu Yang, Jarod C. Finlay

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Abstract

We demonstrate that super-resolution imaging of specimens containing sub-diffraction-limited features is feasible by using dielectric microwires fabricated through capillary force lithography followed by photopatterning. As supplementary micron scale cylindrical lenses, we fabricated uniform-sized microwires with and 5 and 10 μm diameters and refractive index ∼1.3-1.6. The microwires are placed in contact with the specimen to collect the information of the sub-wavelength features of the specimen and transmit them to the far-field with magnification enabling imaging with two-fold resolution improvement. Potential applications of our imaging technique include biological imaging, microfluidics, and nanophotonics applications.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThree-Dimensional and Multidimensional Microscopy
Subtitle of host publicationImage Acquisition and Processing XXIII
EditorsCarol J. Cogswell, Tony Wilson, Thomas G. Brown
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781628419474
DOIs
StatePublished - 2016
EventThree-Dimensional and Multidimensional Microscopy: Image Acquisition and Processing XXIII - San Francisco, United States
Duration: Feb 15 2016Feb 17 2016

Publication series

NameProgress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE
Volume9713
ISSN (Print)1605-7422

Conference

ConferenceThree-Dimensional and Multidimensional Microscopy: Image Acquisition and Processing XXIII
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Francisco
Period02/15/1602/17/16

Keywords

  • Super-resolution
  • microscopy
  • microwire
  • nanoscopy

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