title: Why is super-resolution so inefficient?
abstract: Many optical imaging systems have been designed to achieve spatial resolution exceeding the limit proposed by Abbe theory, namely lambda/2NA. These systems invariably use light inefficiently. We discuss the application of information theory to this problem, in an effort to find an upper limit to the theoretical efficiency of a super-resolving system, as a function of the degree to which its capabilities exceed the Abbe limit.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, 32000 Haifa, Israel. sglipson@physics.technion.ac.il
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Lipson
mesh_terms: D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D008853:Microscopy; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D055095:Optics and Photonics; D017785:Photons