Title :
Enabling ultramicroscopy with partly immersed SiO2 microspheres
Author :
Hao Cheng ; Jun Qian ; Fuhong Cai ; Sailing He
Author_Institution :
Zhejiang Provincial Key Lab. for Sensing Technol., Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou, China
Abstract :
We experimentally confirm that an irresolvable sample of sub-wavelength feature could be resolved by a microscope when partly immersed 6μm SiO2 microspheres are utilized. A detailed analysis is also given with the FDTD simulation.
Keywords :
finite difference time-domain analysis; micro-optics; optical microscopes; optical microscopy; silicon compounds; FDTD simulation; SiO2; enabling ultramicroscopy; microscope; microspheres; wavelength 6 mum;
Conference_Titel :
Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP), 2012 Asia
Conference_Location :
Guangzhou
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-6274-0
