Realization of reconfigurable super-resolution imaging by liquid microlens arrays integrated on light disk

Gu Tong-Kai; Wang Lan-Lan; Guo Yang; Jiang Wei-Tao; Shi Yong-Sheng; Yang Shuo; Chen Jin-Ju; Liu Hong-Zhong

doi:10.7498/aps.72.20222251

Abstract

The microlens-assisted microscope realizes super-resolution imaging and observation, and has the advantages of no marking, no damage, real-time, localization, and good environmental compatibility. Liquid microlens arrays with uniformity and easy manipulation can realize super-resolution imaging without complicated mechanical scanning and driving. However, simply and efficiently controlling the imaging distance is a key technical challenge to the realization of super-resolution imaging of microlens. In this paper, the uniform depths of photoresist microholes on light disk are fabricated by ultraviolet exposure technology. Using liquid self-assembly technology, the microholes are filled with glycerol droplets, and thus ensuring the near-field imaging distance of the microlens. The reconfigurable super-resolution of 226-nm-wide grating line and the imaging magnification of 1.59 times are observed under the optical microscope. At present, the theory of super-resolution imaging based on microlens is not unified and perfect. In this paper, the Abbe imaging principle is used to explain the imaging magnification and super-resolution characteristics. Therefore, the liquid microlens arrays integrated on the light disk show great potential application in optical nanometer measurements and sensing devices.

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State Key Laboratory for Manufacturing System Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710054, China
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School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi’an 710055, China
3.
Beijing Aerospace Institute for Metrology and Measurement Technology, Beijing 100076, China
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School of Engineering, Newcastle University, Newcastle, NE1 7RU, United Kingdom

Corresponding author: Wang Lan-Lan, lanlan1900@mail.xjtu.edu.cn ; Liu Hong-Zhong, hzliu@mail.xjtu.edu.cn

Funds: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 52075433, 52011530186, 51625504, 51827805), the Key Research and Development Program of Shaanxi Province, China (Grant No. 2021ZDLGY12-04), and the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of High Education, China (Grant Nos. 2016M600785, 2016BSHEDZZ126, 2018T111048).

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图 1 阿贝成像过程示意图

Figure 1. Schematic diagram of the Abbe imaging process.

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图 2 光盘上液体微透镜阵列制备的示意图　(a)光盘光栅; (b)旋涂光刻胶; (c)紫外曝光; (d)疏水处理; (e)自组装过程

Figure 2. Schematic diagram of the fabrication process of liquid microlens arrays on light disk grating: (a) Disk grating; (b) spin-on photoresist; (c) UV exposure; (d) hydrophobic treatment; (e) liquid self-assembly process.

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图 3 光盘及其观测结果　(a)通过3000×显微镜; (b)通过扫描电子显微镜

Figure 3. Blue disk and its observation: (a) Through 3000× microscopy; (b) through SEM.

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图 4 液体自组装前后模板的共聚焦扫描结果　(a) 微孔阵列; (b)微孔轮廓和结构参数; (c)微透镜阵列; (d) 微透镜轮廓和结构参数

Figure 4. Observation of template before and after liquid self-assembly process through CLSM: (a) Microhole arrays; (b) profile and parameters of microholes; (c) liquid microlens arrays (LMLAs); (d) profile and parameters of microlenses.

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图 5 光盘光栅的金相显微镜观测　(a) 成像示意图; (b) 实验全局图; (c) 通过微透镜阵列; (d) 未通过微透镜阵列

Figure 5. Observation of blue disk gratings through metalloscope: (a) Schematic diagram of experiment; (b) figure of experimental equipment; (c) through LMLAs; (d) not through LMLAs.

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图 6 光盘光栅透过微透镜在5000×光学显微镜下的观测　(a) 通过微透镜阵列成像; (b) 在(a)图中蓝线对应的灰度分布

Figure 6. Observation of blue disk gratings through 5000× microscope: (a) Image grating through LMLAs; (b) the grayscale of blue line in (a).

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图 7 液体微透镜阵列对光盘光栅的可重构超分辨成像

Figure 7. Reconstructable super-resolution imaging of optical disk gratings by LMLA.

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图 8 光盘上液体微透镜成像过程的模拟　(a)设置物光栅; (b)微透镜所在平面光强分布; (c)微透镜焦平面光强分布; (d)匹配滤波器

Figure 8. Simulation of imaging process of liquid microlens on blue disk: (a) Set gratings; (b) light intensity of microlens surface; (c) light intensity of microlens focal plane; (d) light wave filter.

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图 9 光盘光栅再现像与剖线　(a)未用滤波器的再现像; (b)用滤波器的再现像; (c) 图(a)中心横向截线上灰度分布; (d)图(b)中心横向截线上灰度分布

Figure 9. Reconstructed images of blue disk gratings and their section lines: (a) Reconstructed image without filter; (b) reconstructed image with filter; (c) section line of (a); (d) section line of (b).

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图 10 微透镜聚焦的FDTD模型与结果　(a) FDTD模型; (b) xy平面光强分布; (c) y = 0时x方向上的光强分布; (d) x = 53.5 μm处y方向上的光强分布

Figure 10. FDTD model and results of microlens focusing: (a) FDTD modeling; (b) light intensity in xy plane; (c) light intensity at y = 0 μm; (d) light intensity at x = 53.5 μm.

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[4]	Wang Z B, Guo W, Li L, Luk'yanchuk B S, Khan A, Liu Z, Chun Z C, Hong M H 2011 Nat. Commun. 2 218 Google Scholar
[5]	周锐, 吴梦雪, 沈飞, 洪明辉 2017 66 140702 Google Scholar Zhou R, Wu M X, Shen F, Hong M H 2017 Acta Phys. Sin. 66 140702 Google Scholar
[6]	宋扬, 杨西斌, 闫冰, 王驰, 孙建美, 熊大曦 2020 69 134201 Google Scholar Song Y, Yang X B, Yan B, Wang C, Sun J M, Xiong D X 2020 Acta Phys. Sin. 69 134201 Google Scholar
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[8]	Darafsheh A 2022 J. Appl. Phys. 131 031102 Google Scholar
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[10]	Yang S L, Ye Y H, Shi Q F, Zhang J Y 2020 J. Phys. Chem. C 124 25951 Google Scholar
[11]	Gu G Q, Zhang P C, Chen S H, Zhang Y, Yang H 2021 Photonics. Res. 9 1157 Google Scholar
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