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Overcoming the Diffraction Limit Using Multiple Light Scattering in a Highly Disordered Medium

Year: 2011
Type: article
Abstract: We report that disordered media made of randomly distributed nanoparticles can be used to overcome the diffraction limit of a conventional imaging system. By developing a method to extract the original image information from the multiple scattering induced by the turbid media, we dramatically increase a numerical aperture of the imaging system. As a result, the resolution is enhanced by more than 5 times over the diffraction limit, and the field of view is extended over the physical area of the camera. Our technique lays the foundation to use a turbid medium as a far-field superlens.
DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.107.023902
Authors: Youngwoon Choi, Taeseok Daniel Yang, Christopher Fang-Yen, Pilsung Kang, Kyoung Jin Lee, Ramachandra R. Dasari, Michael S. Feld, Wonshik Choi
Language: English
Open Access status: bronze
Funders: National Research Foundation, Korea University, National Research Foundation of Korea, Korea Science and Engineering Foundation, Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, National Institutes of Health, National Center for Research Resources
Awards: G1410396859, MIT LASER BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER, G4553818650, G4740082519, G6011154144, G9000145732, G9000181759
OpenAlex ID: W2001116122
FWCI: 8.732
Cites: 22
Cited by: 344
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