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Tight focus of light using micropolarizer and microlens

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Abstract

Using a binary microlens of diameter 14 μm and focal length 532 nm (NA=0.997) in resist, we focus a 633 nm laser beam into a near-circular focal spot with dimensions (0.35±0.02)λ and (0.38±0.02)λ (λ is incident wavelength) at full width half-maximum intensity. The area of the focal spot is 0.105λ2. The incident light is a mixture of linearly and radially polarized beams generated by reflecting a linearly polarized Gaussian beam at a 100μm×100μm four-sector subwavelength diffractive optical microelement with a gold coating. The focusing of a linearly polarized laser beam (the other conditions being the same) is found to produce an elliptical focal spot measuring (0.40±0.02)λ and (0.50±0.02)λ. To our knowledge, this is the first implementation of subwavelength focusing of light using a pair of micro-optic elements (a binary microlens and a micropolarizer).

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