Fighting against diffraction: Apodization and near field diffraction structures

Laser and Photonics Reviews

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 354-392

  Wang, Haifeng ^a   Sheppard, Colin J R ^b   Ravi, Koustuban ^a   Ho, Seng Tiong ^a   Vienne, Guillaume ^a  

^a DATA STORAGE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Apodization; Beam shaping.; Diffraction; Diffraction limit; Evanescent wave; High focal depth; Longitudinal polarization; Microscopy; Nano focusing; Nano lithography; Nano optics; Nano photonics; Nanoscopy; Nondiffracting; Optical antenna; STED microscopy; STORM microscopy; Super lens; Superresolution; Time reversal

Indexed keywords

APODIZATIONS; BEAM-SHAPING; DIFFRACTION LIMITS; EVANESCENT WAVE; FOCAL DEPTH; LONGITUDINAL POLARIZATION; NANO-FOCUSING; NANOOPTICS; NANOSCOPY; NONDIFFRACTING; OPTICAL ANTENNAS; SUPER RESOLUTION; SUPERLENSES; TIME REVERSAL;

MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; NANOPHOTONICS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; STIMULATED EMISSION;

DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84860637171     PISSN: 18638880     EISSN: 18638899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lpor.201100009     Document Type: Review

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