System and method for single-beam internal reflection tomography
First Claim
1. A method for generating a tomographic image of an object comprising:
- probing the object with incident evanescent waves, detecting waves scattered by the object, and reconstructing the tomographic image by executing a prescribed mathematical algorithm with reference to the incident waves and the scattered waves to generate the tomographic image with subwavelength resolution.
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Abstract
A methodology and concomitant system for three-dimensional near-field microscopy achieves subwavelength resolution of an object via total internal reflection. The features of this approach include: (i) the evanescent waves used for illumination encode on the scattered field the subwavelength structure of the scattering object—it is thus possible to obtain subwavelength resolved images of the sample as is done in other near-field techniques such as near-field scanning optical microscopy without the technical difficulties encountered with probe-sample interactions; and (ii) the results of the reconstruction are unambiguous in the sense that the relation between the scattered field and the three-dimensional structure of the sample, as described by the spatial dependence of the susceptibility, is made manifest.
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1. A method for generating a tomographic image of an object comprising:
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probing the object with incident evanescent waves, detecting waves scattered by the object, and reconstructing the tomographic image by executing a prescribed mathematical algorithm with reference to the incident waves and the scattered waves to generate the tomographic image with subwavelength resolution. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method for generating a tomographic image of an object comprising:
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illuminating the object with incident evanescent waves, measuring scattering data from the object wherein the scattering data is related to the object by an integral operator, and reconstructing the tomographic image by executing a prescribed mathematical algorithm, determined with reference to the integral operator, on the scattering data to generate the tomographic image with subwavelength resolution. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7)
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8. A system for generating a tomographic image of an object comprising:
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a source for probing the object with incident evanescent waves, a detector for detecting waves scattered by the object, and a processor for reconstructing the tomographic image by executing a prescribed mathematical algorithm with reference to the incident waves and the scattered waves to generate the tomographic image with subwavelength resolution. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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11. A system for generating a tomographic image of an object comprising:
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a source for illuminating the object with incident evanescent waves, a detector for measuring scattering data from the object wherein the scattering data is related to the object by an integral operator, and a processor for reconstructing the tomographic image by executing a prescribed mathematical algorithm, determined with reference to the integral operator, on the scattering data to generate the tomographic image with subwavelength resolution. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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