Sub-λ/10 spot size in semiconductor solid immersion lens microscopy

Mohamadreza G. Banaee; M. Selim Ünlü; Bennett B. Goldberg

doi:10.1016/j.optcom.2013.11.005

Sub-λ/10 spot size in semiconductor solid immersion lens microscopy

Mohamadreza G. Banaee^*, M. Selim Ünlü, Bennett B. Goldberg

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Abstract

The angular spectrum of radially polarized Laguerre-Gaussian beams was tailored by an annular aperture in a semiconductor solid immersion lens microscope. The radii of two concentric rings in the amplitude aperture were optimized by a multi-objective particle swarm optimization algorithm. A GaAs solid immersion lens with NA=3.4 was used in the numerical calculation and a spot size of 98 nm (<λ/10) at a wavelength of 1064 nm illumination was obtained.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	108-111
Number of pages	4
Journal	Optics Communications
Volume	315
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optcom.2013.11.005
State	Published - 2014

Funding

The work presented in this paper was supported by the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) via Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Contract no. FA8650-11-C-71102 .

Keywords

Apodization
High-resolution imaging
Optical microscopy
Particle swarm optimization
Solid immersion lens

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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