Nanowerk

Single atom works as a camera to image light below the diffraction limit

A new atom camera uses one ultracold rubidium atom to map light intensity and polarization with spatial resolution below 100 nanometers.
EurekAlert!

Pioneering second-order nonlinear vibrational nanoscopy for interfacial molecular systems beyond the diffraction limit

Sum-frequency generation (SFG) is a powerful vibrational spectroscopy that can selectively probe molecular structures at surfaces and interfaces, but its spatial resolution has been limited to the ...
technologynetworks

Using a Single Atom as a “Camera” Could Push Boundaries of Microscopy

A research group led by Assistant Professor Takafumi Tomita and Professor Kenji Ohmori at the Institute for Molecular Science, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, has developed a new microscopy ...
AZoOptics

A New Approach to High-Resolution Infrared Imaging

This article explores LIG’s SMAL lenses, including their design principles, manufacturing methods, and performance in ...
Nanowerk

Researchers identify groovy way to beat diffraction limit

Researchers built a silver-grooved chip that channels laser energy into nanometer-spaced peaks, beating the diffraction limit and aiding light-matter studies. (Nanowerk News) Physics is full of pesky ...