Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 7, Issue 10, 901(2009)
High speed sub-micrometric microscopy using optical polymer microlens
We report the high speed scanning submicronic microscopy (SSM) using a low cost polymer microlens integrated at the extremity of an optical fiber. These microlenses are fabricated by a free-radical photopolymerization method. Using a polymer microlens with a radius of curvature of 250 nm, a sub-micrometric gold pattern is imaged experimentally by SSM. Different distances between the tip and the sample are used with a high scanning speed of 200 cm/s. In particular, metallic absorption contrasts are described with an optical spatial resolution of 250 nm at the wavelength of 532 nm. Moreover, finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) simulations concerning the focal lengths of microlenses with different geometries and heights support the experimental data.
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X. H. Zeng, J. Plain, S. Jradi, P. Renaud Goud, R. Deturche, P. Royer, R. Bachelot, "High speed sub-micrometric microscopy using optical polymer microlens," Chin. Opt. Lett. 7, 901 (2009)
Category: 3d holographic display
Received: Jul. 14, 2009
Accepted: --
Published Online: Oct. 16, 2009
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