Blazing evanescent grating orders: A spectral approach to beating the Rayleigh limit

Handmer, CJ; De Martijn Sterke, C; McPhedran, RC; Botten, LC; Steel, MJ; Rahmani, A

Blazing evanescent grating orders: A spectral approach to beating the Rayleigh limit

Handmer, CJ De Martijn Sterke, C McPhedran, RC Botten, LC

Steel, MJ Rahmani, A

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Optics Letters, 2010, 35 (17), pp. 2846 - 2848
Issue Date:: 2010-09-01

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dc.contributor.author	Handmer, CJ	en_US
dc.contributor.author	De Martijn Sterke, C	en_US
dc.contributor.author	McPhedran, RC	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Botten, LC https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6471-6954	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Steel, MJ	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Rahmani, A https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7272-9106	en_US
dc.date.issued	2010-09-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Optics Letters, 2010, 35 (17), pp. 2846 - 2848	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0146-9592	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/13052
dc.description.abstract	We develop a way to enhance the amplitudes of the nonpropagating evanescent orders of resonant dielectric gratings. We use this blazing to design gratings with spectra tailored to generate steerable sub-Rayleigh field concentrations on a surface. We investigate the enhancement and customization of evanescent fields necessary to create a virtual and passive scanning probe with no moving parts. Spot size can be decreased 1 order of magnitude below the free-space Rayleigh limit. © 2010 Optical Society of America.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Optics Letters	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1364/OL.35.002846	en_US
dc.rights	© 2010 Optical Society of America. Users may use, reuse, and build upon the article, or use the article for text or data mining, so long as such uses are for non-commercial purposes and appropriate attribution is maintained. All other rights are reserved.	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Optics	en_US
dc.title	Blazing evanescent grating orders: A spectral approach to beating the Rayleigh limit	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	17	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	35	en_US
utslib.for	0205 Optical Physics	en_US
utslib.for	0206 Quantum Physics	en_US
utslib.for	0906 Electrical and Electronic Engineering	en_US
dc.location.activity	Bremen, Germany
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science/School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.issue	17	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	35	en_US

Abstract:

We develop a way to enhance the amplitudes of the nonpropagating evanescent orders of resonant dielectric gratings. We use this blazing to design gratings with spectra tailored to generate steerable sub-Rayleigh field concentrations on a surface. We investigate the enhancement and customization of evanescent fields necessary to create a virtual and passive scanning probe with no moving parts. Spot size can be decreased 1 order of magnitude below the free-space Rayleigh limit. © 2010 Optical Society of America.

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