2016/08/15 by Bijster, R. J. F., Herfst, R. W., Spierdijk, J. P. F. +6
#FOS: Physical sciences #Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1608.04281
High resolution and high throughput imaging are typically mutually exclusive. The meta-instrument pairs high resolution optical concepts such as nano-antennas, superoscillatory lenses and hyperlenses with a miniaturized opto-mechatronic platform for precise and high speed positioning of the optical elements at lens-to-sample separations that are measured in tens of nanometers. Such platform is a necessary development for bringing near-field optical imaging techniques to their industrial application. Towards this purpose, we present two designs and proof-of-principle instruments that are aimed at realizing sub-nanometer positional precision with a 100 kHz bandwidth.