Experimental generation and observation of a super-resolution optical tube

Jianghua Xu; Liping Jiang; Houfei Zhu; Lingling Liu; Jinbing Hu; Haifeng Wang; Songlin Zhuang

doi:10.1142/S1793545816410029

Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences (May 2016)

Experimental generation and observation of a super-resolution optical tube

Jianghua Xu,
Liping Jiang,
Houfei Zhu,
Lingling Liu,
Jinbing Hu,
Haifeng Wang,
Songlin Zhuang

Affiliations

Jianghua Xu: Institute of Imaging Optics, Ministry of Education and Shanghai Key Lab of Modern Optical Systems, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, P. R. China
Liping Jiang: Institute of Imaging Optics, Ministry of Education and Shanghai Key Lab of Modern Optical Systems, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, P. R. China
Houfei Zhu: Institute of Imaging Optics, Ministry of Education and Shanghai Key Lab of Modern Optical Systems, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, P. R. China
Lingling Liu: Institute of Imaging Optics, Ministry of Education and Shanghai Key Lab of Modern Optical Systems, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, P. R. China
Jinbing Hu: Institute of Imaging Optics, Ministry of Education and Shanghai Key Lab of Modern Optical Systems, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, P. R. China
Haifeng Wang: Institute of Imaging Optics, Ministry of Education and Shanghai Key Lab of Modern Optical Systems, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, P. R. China
Songlin Zhuang: Institute of Imaging Optics, Ministry of Education and Shanghai Key Lab of Modern Optical Systems, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, P. R. China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1142/S1793545816410029
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 3
pp. 1641002-1 – 1641002-4

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We generated a super-resolution optical tube by tightly focusing a binary phase modulated azimuthally polarized laser beam. The binary phase modulation is achieved by a glass substrate with multi-belt concentric ring grooves. We also characterized the 3D beam profile by using a cross-shaped knife-edge fabricated on a silicon photo-detector. The size of the super-resolution dark spot in the tube is 0.32λ, which remains unchanged for ∼4λ within the tube. This optical tube may find applications in super-resolution microscopy, optical trapping and particle acceleration.

Published in Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences

ISSN: 1793-5458 (Print); 1793-7205 (Online)
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing
Country of publisher: Singapore
LCC subjects: Technology; Science: Physics: Optics. Light
Website: http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscinet/jiohs

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