Deep subwavelength imaging via tunable terahertz plasmons Academic Article

abstract

• 2018 Author(s). A deep subwavelength structured illumination microscopy scheme via tunable plasmons is proposed. The sample is placed on a semiconductor heterostructure where terahertz plasmons generated by a current-driven instability illuminate it. Full coverage of the spatial frequency regime is obtained by tuning the plasmons through adjusting gate voltage. Hence, it is possible to reconstruct an image with a resolution down to 75 nm and up to two orders of magnitude beyond the diffraction limit. Due to the linear nature of the technique, only a weak illumination signal is required, which minimizes the likelihood of sample damage and has potential applications in bioimaging.

authors

• Nevels, Robert
• Zubairy, Muhammad

published proceedings

• APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

author list (cited authors)

• Abbas, H. T., Zeng, X., Nevels, R. D., & Zubairy, M. S.

citation count

• 4

complete list of authors

• Abbas, Hasan Tahir||Zeng, Xiaodong||Nevels, Robert D||Zubairy, M Suhail

publication date

• July 2018

publisher

• AIP Publishing  Publisher

published in

• Applied Physics Letters  Journal

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1063/1.5035312

start page

• 051106

end page

• 051106

volume

• 113

issue

• 5

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5035312