• Optical Instruments
  • Vol. 45, Issue 1, 52 (2023)
Xihao ZHANG1,2 and Qiming ZHANG1,2,*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Institute of Photonic Chips, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
  • 2School of Optical-Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
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    DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1005-5630.2023.001.008 Cite this Article
    Xihao ZHANG, Qiming ZHANG. Super-resolution imaging for ordered gold nanorod arrays[J]. Optical Instruments, 2023, 45(1): 52 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Microscopic techniques cannot resolve subwavelength scale structures due to the diffraction limit of optical imaging systems. Super-resolution imaging of single nanoparticles has been achieved by saturation scattering suppression imaging techniques, but when it comes to ensembles of nanoparticles, the coupling between nanoparticles needs to be considered. Far-field super-resolution optical imaging can be achieved on ordered gold nanorod arrays using a two-beam method beyond the diffraction limit. In this paper, a 5×5 gold nanorod array with an aspect ratio of 2 is designed, the thermal distribution of the gold nanorod array under continuous-wave laser is calculated by the vector light field theory and thermal diffusion theory, and the scattering imaging under dual-beam laser, i.e., pulsed excitation light and continuous-wave suppression light, is simulated. The simulation results show that the continuous-wave laser can effectively suppress the pulsed laser scattering of gold nanorod arrays, and the two-beam approach achieves super-resolution imaging with 80 nm resolution.