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ArticleLight, science & applications2025

Pushing the resolution limit of coherent diffractive imaging.

Li Liu, Jinxiang Du, Bailin Zhuang, Ming Gong, Jiamin Liu, Honggang Gu, Shiyuan Liu

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Li LiuSchool of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Jinxiang DuSchool of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Bailin ZhuangSchool of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Ming GongSchool of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Jiamin LiuSchool of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0003-5496-6994
Honggang GuSchool of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China. hongganggu@hust.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8812-1621
Shiyuan LiuSchool of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China. shyliu@hust.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0756-1439

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National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 52130504National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 52450258
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Abstract

Coherent diffractive imaging (CDI), with its lensless geometry and theoretically perfect transfer function, is considered as one of the most promising paradigms to achieve the Abbe resolution limit. However, recent advances on pushing the resolution limit in high-numerical-aperture (NA) CDIs has thus far been challenging. Here, we report a nearly 0.9NA CDI with an optimized imaging factor (k = 0.501), pushing the Abbe resolution diffraction limit for the first time in ultra-high-NA scenarios. Leveraging this the ultra-high NA and the Abbe-limit k-factor, we demonstrate a record-high imaging resolution of 0.57 λ for CDIs. Our approach builds upon a novel computational framework termed 'rigorous Fraunhofer diffraction' that eliminates the Ewald sphere effect in CDIs, particularly for high NAs. Our framework transforms the general challenge of high-NA, resolution-limited CDIs from relying on approximate and complicated geometric corrections to a solvable problem through rigorous model-based computation.

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