Overcoming the classical Rayleigh diffraction limit by controlling two-point correlations of partially coherent light sources

被引：56

作者：

Liang, Chunhao ^{[1
,2
]}

Wu, Gaofeng ^{[3
]}

Wang, Fei ^{[1
,2
]}

Li, Wei ^{[4
]}

Cai, Yangjian ^{[1
,2
]}

Ponomarenko, Sergey A. ^{[5
]}

机构：

[1] Soochow Univ, Coll Phys Optoelect & Energy, Suzhou 215006, Peoples R China

[2] Soochow Univ, Collaborat Innovat Ctr Suzhou Nano Sci & Technol, Suzhou 215006, Peoples R China

[3] Northwest Univ, Sch Phys, Xian 710069, Shaanxi, Peoples R China

[4] South China Normal Univ, Sch Phys & Telecommun Engn, Guangzhou 510006, Guangdong, Peoples R China

[5] Dalhousie Univ, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Halifax, NS B3J 2X4, Canada

来源：

OPTICS EXPRESS | 2017年 / 25卷 / 23期

基金：

中国国家自然科学基金;

关键词：

SCHELL-MODEL BEAM; SPATIAL COHERENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURED ILLUMINATION; LATERAL RESOLUTION; PROPAGATION; LATTICES; GENERATION; PROFILES; FIELDS;

D O I：

10.1364/OE.25.028352

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

In classical optical imaging, the Rayleigh diffraction limit d(R) is defined as the minimum resolvable separation between two points under incoherent light illumination. In this paper, we analyze the minimum resolvable separation between two points under partially coherent beam illumination. We find that the image resolution of two points can overcome the classic Rayleigh diffraction limit through manipulating the correlation function of a partially coherent source, and the image resolution, which independent of the specified positions of two points in the object plane, can in principle reach the value of 0.17d(R). Furthermore, we carry out an experimental demonstration of sub-Rayleigh imaging of a 1951 USAF resolution target via engineering the correlation function of the illuminating beam. Our experimental results are in agreement with our theoretical predictions. (C) 2017 Optical Society of America under the terms of the OSA Open Access Publishing Agreement

引用

页码：28352 / 28362

页数：11

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