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(Nanowerk News) Scientists of Tomsk Polytechnic University collectively with scientists from National Chiao Tung University (Taiwan) proposed a easy technique to manage and transfer a photonic nanojet (PNJ) by a ray focusing in a really small native space. The operation of highly effective up-to-date microscopes relies on the PNJ impact.
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In the long term, the straightforward technique of transferring the PNJ in depth might assist to speed up and simplify work with microscopes, enhance the depth of subject with out lowering the standard of scanning.
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The analysis findings are revealed in Optics Letter (“Simulation and experimental observations of axial position control of a photonic nanojet by a dielectric cube with a metal screen”).
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| Generating a photonic nanojet with out and with a display. (Image: TPU) (click on on picture to enlarge)
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“There are small glass spheres in the design of powerful up-to-date microscopes — nanoscopes with the resolution up to 200 nanometers. The sphere focuses on emission, however, at the same time, it remains in the focus point of the lens. Due to this, multiple zooming occurs. To see a new area of the object in its depth, nowadays, the stand is moved with the object. It reduces the research quality and takes a lot of time. We offered to move the PNJ using two metal screens — thin aluminium plates,” Oleg Minin, Professor of the Division for Electronic Engineering of the TPU School of Non-Destructive Testing, a supervisor of the mission, says.
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The experiments have been carried out utilizing a dielectric polymer dice and never the sphere. The dimension of the dice is barely 4 micrometres. The authors of the article word that the obtained outcomes are additionally utilized to the sphere.
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“The plates have been situated on the perimeters of the dice. The PNJ moved along with the motion of those steel screens. Moreover, we fastened that the size and width of generated PNJs decreased virtually in two folds in case of display presence, which in the long term will permit altering each its decision and the main target place within the technique of microscope operation.
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At the identical time, the decision of the PNJ elevated by 1.2 folds. Furthermore, by altering the width of plates, it’s potential to vary the PNJ focal size, i.e. to scan the main target space in depth, to view objects within the third dimension,” the scientist explains.
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During the experiments carried out, the plates have been moved manually. According to the scientists, sooner or later, this course of could be automated.
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“It is an extremely simple solution. Due to the lower cost of these dielectric cubes, they can be used for obtaining the PNJ effect not only in microscopes but also in modern integrated optical circuits, optical switches, lithography systems and so on,” Oleg Minin says.
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