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Annular pupils, radial polarization, and superresolution

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Abstract

An annular pupil, which can be used to produce a Bessel beam, when combined with radially polarized illumination promises improvements in microscope resolution, increased packing density for optical storage, and finer optical lithography. When combined with a circular detection pupil in confocal microscopy a point-spread function 112 nm wide results (λ = 488 nm). Radially polarized annular illumination of a solid-immersion lens can yield a focal spot smaller than 100 nm for λ = 488 nm. Use of radially polarized illumination with pupil masks is diskussed.

© 2004 Optical Society of America

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