Super-resolution imaging using spatial Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy

Details Super-resolution imaging using spatial Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy Super-resolution imaging using spatial Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy

2010-03-12

arxiv.org/abs/1003.2642v1

Physics

Optics

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Spatial resolution of most imaging devices is fundamentally restricted by diffraction. This limitation is manifested in the loss of high spatial frequency information contained in evanescent waves. As a result, conventional far-field optics yields no information about an object's subwavelength features. Here we propose a novel approach to recovering evanescent waves in the far field, thereby enabling subwavelength-resolved imaging and spatial spectroscopy. Our approach relies on shifting the frequency and the wave vector of near-field components via scattering on acoustic phonons. This process effectively removes the spatial frequency cut-off for unambiguous far field detection. A straightforward extension of this technique, which we call spatial Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, allows to preserve phase information, making it possible to perform 3D subwavelength imaging. We discuss the implementation of such a system in the mid-IR and THz bands, with possible extension to other spectral regions.

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