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High-order diffraction for optical superfocusing

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  • Jun He

    (University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Hong Liu

    (Agency for Science Technology and Research (A*STAR), 2 Fusionopolis Way, #08-03, Innovis)

  • Dong Zhao

    (University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Jodhbir S. Mehta

    (Singapore Eye Research Institute)

  • Cheng-Wei Qiu

    (National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 3)

  • Fangwen Sun

    (University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Jinghua Teng

    (Agency for Science Technology and Research (A*STAR), 2 Fusionopolis Way, #08-03, Innovis)

  • Kun Huang

    (University of Science and Technology of China)

Abstract

High-order diffraction (HOD) from optical microstructures is undesirable in many applications because of the accompanying ghosting patterns and loss of efficiency. In contrast to suppressing HOD with subwavelength structures that challenge the fabrication of large-scale devices, managing HOD is less developed due to the lack of an efficient method for independently manipulating HOD. Here, we report independent manipulation of HODs, which are unexploited for subdiffraction-limit focusing in diffractive lenses, through an analytical formula that correlates the diffraction order and the width of each zone. The large spatial frequencies offered by the HODs enable our lenses to reduce the lateral focal size down to 0.44 λ even without any subwavelength feature (indispensable in most high-NA diffractive lenses), facilitating large-scale manufacture. Experimentally, we demonstrate high-order lens-based confocal imaging with a center-to-center dry resolution of 190 nm, the highest among visible-light confocal microscopies, and laser-ablation lithography with achieved direct-writing resolution of 400 nm (0.385 λ).

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  • Jun He & Hong Liu & Dong Zhao & Jodhbir S. Mehta & Cheng-Wei Qiu & Fangwen Sun & Jinghua Teng & Kun Huang, 2024. "High-order diffraction for optical superfocusing," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-11, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:15:y:2024:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-024-52256-y
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-52256-y
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