Dipoles and superresolution: a proposal for a superresolution microscope

Christiaan H. F. Velzel

doi:10.1117/12.559807

4 June 2004 Dipoles and superresolution: a proposal for a superresolution microscope

Christiaan H. F. Velzel

Proceedings Volume 5477, Sixth International Conference on Correlation Optics; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.559807
Event: Sixth International Conference on Correlation Optics, 2003, Chernivsti, Ukraine

Abstract

In this paper we consider super-resolution by digital holography. We start from an early experiment by Wolter (1964); from its analysis we derive some examples where we obtain parameters of dipole arrays from measurements in the far field. We show (by relevant example) that it is possible to represent (reflecting) objects by arrays of dipoles. The measurement of complex field amplitudes in the far field is limited by noise. When we use the Gerchberg algorithm to reconstruct the field in the object plane, most of this noise is filtered away. This leads to an increase SNR of the total reconstruction process; we can hope for a resolution of the order of λ/10. We propose an optical set-up with which an experimental confirmation can be realized.

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Christiaan H. F. Velzel "Dipoles and superresolution: a proposal for a superresolution microscope", Proc. SPIE 5477, Sixth International Conference on Correlation Optics, (4 June 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.559807

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