Refractive-index-mismatch in coverslip-based two-piece solid immersion lens
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2022 at "Optics Communications"
DOI: 10.1016/j.optcom.2021.127473
Abstract: Abstract Super-hemispherical solid immersion lens (s-SIL) has proved its superiority in high-numerical aperture (NA) and aberration-free characteristics, however, its applications are limited by high cost, difficulty in manufacturing, sample mounting and narrow detection fields. One… read more here.
Keywords: coverslip based; based two; solid immersion; immersion lens ... See more keywords
Scalable Registration of Single Quantum Emitters within Solid Immersion Lenses through Femtosecond Laser Writing
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2025 at "Nano Letters"
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5c01325
Abstract: The precise registration of solid-state quantum emitters to photonic structures is a major technological challenge for fundamental research (e.g. in cavity quantum electrodynamics) and applications to quantum technology. Standard approaches include the complex multistep fabrication… read more here.
Keywords: quantum emitters; femtosecond laser; solid immersion; laser writing ... See more keywords
Enhanced light collection from a gallium nitride color center using a near index-matched solid immersion lens
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2022 at "Applied Physics Letters"
DOI: 10.1063/5.0085257
Abstract: Among wide-bandgap compound semiconductors, gallium nitride is the most widely available material due to its prevalence in the solid state lighting and high-speed/high-power electronics industries. It is now known that GaN is one of only… read more here.
Keywords: gallium nitride; index; solid immersion; immersion lens ... See more keywords
Scalable fabrication of hemispherical solid immersion lenses in silicon carbide through grayscale hard-mask lithography
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2023 at "Applied Physics Letters"
DOI: 10.1063/5.0144684
Abstract: Grayscale lithography allows the creation of micrometer-scale features with spatially controlled height in a process that is fully compatible with standard lithography. Here, solid immersion lenses are demonstrated in silicon carbide using a fabrication protocol… read more here.
Keywords: lithography; hard mask; immersion lenses; solid immersion ... See more keywords
Superresolution THz pulsed solid immersion microscopy
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2025 at "Applied Physics Letters"
DOI: 10.1063/5.0268579
Abstract: A reflection-mode THz pulsed solid immersion (SI) microscope is developed to combine the superresolution capabilities of SI optics and the advanced information content offered by THz pulsed imaging. It uses a wide-aperture silicon SI lens… read more here.
Keywords: thz pulsed; thz; pulsed solid; superresolution thz ... See more keywords
Investigation on achieving super-resolution by solid immersion lens based STED microscopy.
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2017 at "Optics express"
DOI: 10.1364/oe.25.016629
Abstract: The feasibility of stimulated emission depletion (STED) microscopy using a solid immersion lens was investigated. First, the theoretical feasibility of the considered system is discussed based on a vectorial field algorithm that uses a stratified… read more here.
Keywords: resolution; microscopy; immersion lens; solid immersion ... See more keywords
Object-dependent spatial resolution of the reflection-mode terahertz solid immersion microscopy.
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2021 at "Optics express"
DOI: 10.1364/oe.415049
Abstract: Terahertz (THz) solid immersion microscopy is a novel promising THz imaging modality that overcomes the Abbe diffraction limit. In our prior work, an original reflection-mode THz solid immersion microscope system with the resolution of 0.15λ… read more here.
Keywords: resolution; solid immersion; microscopy; immersion microscopy ... See more keywords