ACS Photonics
ACS Photonics
5 years ago

Plasmonic Superlens Imaging Enhanced by Incoherent Active Convolved Illumination

Plasmonic Superlens Imaging Enhanced by Incoherent Active Convolved Illumination
Wyatt Adams, Anindya Ghoshroy, Durdu Ö. Güney
We introduce a loss compensation method to increase the resolution of near-field imaging with a plasmonic superlens that relies on the convolution of a high spatial frequency passband function with the object. Implementation with incoherent light removes the need for phase information. The method is described theoretically and numerical imaging results with artificial noise are presented, which display enhanced resolution of a few tens of nanometers, or around 1/15th of the free space wavelength. A physical implementation of the method is designed and simulated to provide a proof-of-principle, and steps toward experimental implementation are discussed.

Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.7b01242

DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.7b01242

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