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ArticleScientific reports2017

Planar binary-phase lens for super-oscillatory optical hollow needles.

Gang Chen, Zhixiang Wu, Anping Yu, Kun Zhang, Jing Wu, Luru Dai, Zhongquan Wen, Yinghu He, Zhihai Zhang, Senlin Jiang and 2 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
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  3. Superoscillation: from physics to optical applications.Light, science & applications · 2019
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5 · Who and what money

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12 authors.

Gang ChenKey Laboratory of Optoelectronic Technology and Systems (Chongqing University), Ministry of Education, and Key Disciplines Lab of Novel Micro-nano Devices and System Technology, Chongqing University, 173 Shazheng Street, Shapingba, Chongqing, 400044, China. gchen1@cqu.edu.cn.
Zhixiang WuKey Laboratory of Optoelectronic Technology and Systems (Chongqing University), Ministry of Education, and Key Disciplines Lab of Novel Micro-nano Devices and System Technology, Chongqing University, 173 Shazheng Street, Shapingba, Chongqing, 400044, China.
Anping YuKey Laboratory of Optoelectronic Technology and Systems (Chongqing University), Ministry of Education, and Key Disciplines Lab of Novel Micro-nano Devices and System Technology, Chongqing University, 173 Shazheng Street, Shapingba, Chongqing, 400044, China.
Kun ZhangKey Laboratory of Optoelectronic Technology and Systems (Chongqing University), Ministry of Education, and Key Disciplines Lab of Novel Micro-nano Devices and System Technology, Chongqing University, 173 Shazheng Street, Shapingba, Chongqing, 400044, China.
Jing WuKey Laboratory of Optoelectronic Technology and Systems (Chongqing University), Ministry of Education, and Key Disciplines Lab of Novel Micro-nano Devices and System Technology, Chongqing University, 173 Shazheng Street, Shapingba, Chongqing, 400044, China.
Luru DaiNational Center for Nanoscience and Technology, No.11 Zhong Guan CunBei Yi Tiao, Beijing, 100190, China. dai@nanoctr.cn.
Zhongquan WenKey Laboratory of Optoelectronic Technology and Systems (Chongqing University), Ministry of Education, and Key Disciplines Lab of Novel Micro-nano Devices and System Technology, Chongqing University, 173 Shazheng Street, Shapingba, Chongqing, 400044, China. wenzq@cqu.edu.cn.
Yinghu HeKey Laboratory of Optoelectronic Technology and Systems (Chongqing University), Ministry of Education, and Key Disciplines Lab of Novel Micro-nano Devices and System Technology, Chongqing University, 173 Shazheng Street, Shapingba, Chongqing, 400044, China.
Zhihai ZhangKey Laboratory of Optoelectronic Technology and Systems (Chongqing University), Ministry of Education, and Key Disciplines Lab of Novel Micro-nano Devices and System Technology, Chongqing University, 173 Shazheng Street, Shapingba, Chongqing, 400044, China.
Senlin JiangKey Laboratory of Optoelectronic Technology and Systems (Chongqing University), Ministry of Education, and Key Disciplines Lab of Novel Micro-nano Devices and System Technology, Chongqing University, 173 Shazheng Street, Shapingba, Chongqing, 400044, China.
Changtao WangState Key Laboratory of Optical Technologies on Nano-Fabrication and Micro-Engineering, Institute of Optics and Electronics, Chinese Academy of Science, P. R. Box 350, Chengdu, 610209, China.
Xiangang LuoState Key Laboratory of Optical Technologies on Nano-Fabrication and Micro-Engineering, Institute of Optics and Electronics, Chinese Academy of Science, P. R. Box 350, Chengdu, 610209, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Optical hollow beams are suitable for materials processing, optical micromanipulation, microscopy, and optical lithography. However, conventional optical hollow beams are diffraction-limited. The generation of sub-wavelength optical hollow beams using a high numerical aperture objective lens and pupil filters has been theoretically proposed. Although sub-diffraction hollow spot has been reported, nondiffracting hollow beams of sub-diffraction transverse dimensions have not yet been experimentally demonstrated. Here, a planar lens based on binary-phase modulation is proposed to overcome these constraints. The lens has an ultra-long focal length of 300λ. An azimuthally polarized optical hollow needle is experimentally demonstrated with a super-oscillatory transverse size (less than 0.38λ/NA) of 0.34λ to 0.42λ, where λ is the working wavelength and NA is the lens numerical aperture, and a large depth of focus of 6.5λ. For a sub-diffraction transverse size of 0.34λ to 0.52λ, the nondiffracting propagation distance of the proposed optical hollow needle is greater than 10λ. Numerical simulation also reveals a good penetrability of the proposed optical hollow needle at an air-water interface, where the needle propagates through water with a doubled propagation distance and without loss of its super-oscillatory property. The proposed lens is suitable for nanofabrication, optical nanomanipulation, super-resolution imaging, and nanolithography applications.

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