Resolution enhancement of a surface immersion microscope near the plasmon resonance.
Resolution of a surface immersion microscope has been studied as a function of surface-plasmon-polariton frequency. Enhancement of resolution near the surface-plasmon resonance has been observed. This effect may potentially be used in direct imaging of biological samples in liquid ambient.
Smolyaninov
Igor I
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Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA. smoly@eng.umd.edu
Davis
Christopher C
CC
Elliott
Jill
J
Zayats
Anatoly V
AV
D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D008859:Microscopy, Polarization / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D020349:Surface Plasmon Resonance / Q000379:methods*