基于线性成像系统的光学超分辨显微术回顾

随着纳米科学技术的发展,如何打破光学衍射极限,将光学显微术的分辨本领推进到纳米尺度,已经成为光学领域的一个核心议题.在此背景下,过去的三十年间,发展了多种超分辨光学显微技术,并在生物、材料、化学领域取得了一系列令人瞩目的应用.本文以衍射理论为线索,回顾各类基于线性成像系统的超分辨光学显微技术;对以固浸物镜、结构光照明、扫描近场光学显微术、完美透镜以及超振荡透镜为代表的超分辨光学显微技术进行综述,讨论各种技术的原理,对其特点、应用与局限加以总结,并对该领域的未来发展予以展望.

Brief retrospect of super-resolution optical microscopy techniques

In the last few decades, nanoscience and nanotechnology have been growing with breath taking speed, and how to break through the diffraction limit and tame the light on a nanoscale have become the major challenges in optics. In this field, several super-resolution optical nanoscopy techniques have been developed, leading to a series of breakthroughs in physics, chemistry, and life sciences. In the work, we give a retrospect of the newly developed techniques in diffraction theory of linear optical systems, including the solid immersion lens, structured light illumination microscopy, scanning near-field optical microscopy, metamaterial-based wide field near-field imaging technique and super-oscillatory lens. Brief discussion on their principles, advantages and applications is also provided.