Simulative investigation of microcylinder-assisted microscopy in reflection and transmission mode

Tobias Pahl; Sebastian Hagemeier; Lucie Hüser; Felix Rosenthal; Peter Lehmann

doi:10.1117/12.2673443

10 August 2023 Simulative investigation of microcylinder-assisted microscopy in reflection and transmission mode

Tobias Pahl, Sebastian Hagemeier, Lucie Hüser, Felix Rosenthal, Peter Lehmann

Proceedings Volume 12619, Modeling Aspects in Optical Metrology IX; 126190K (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2673443
Event: SPIE Optical Metrology, 2023, Munich, Germany

Abstract

Microsphere and microcylinder-assisted microscopy (MAM) has grown to an intensively studied optical far-field imaging technique over the last decade that overcomes the fundamental lateral resolution limit of a given microscope. However, the physical effects leading to resolution enhancement are still frequently debated. In addition, various configurations of MAMs operating in transmission as well as reflection mode are examined and results generalized. We present a rigorous simulation model of MAM and present a way to quantify the resolution simulatively. The lateral resolution is compared for microscope arrangements in reflection and transmission mode. Further, we discuss different physical effects with respect to their contribution to resolution enhancement. The results indicate that the effects affecting the resolution as well as the enhancement itself strongly depend on the arrangement of the microscope and the measurement object.

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Tobias Pahl, Sebastian Hagemeier, Lucie Hüser, Felix Rosenthal, and Peter Lehmann "Simulative investigation of microcylinder-assisted microscopy in reflection and transmission mode", Proc. SPIE 12619, Modeling Aspects in Optical Metrology IX, 126190K (10 August 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2673443

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