Ultraprecision Imaging and Manipulation of Plasmonic Nanostructures by Integrated Nanoscopic Correction

Abstract

Optical manipulation and imaging of nano‐objects with nanometer precision is highly desirable for nanomaterial and biological studies due to inherent noninvasiveness. However, time constraints and current segregated experimental systems for nanoimaging and nanomanipulation limits real‐time super‐resolution imaging with spatially enhanced manipulation. Here, an integrated nanoscopic correction (iNC) method to enable multimodal nanomanipulation‐nanoimaging is reported. The iNC consists of a multimodal voltage‐tunable power modulator, polarization rotator, and polarizer. Using the iNC, plasmonic nano‐objects which are below the diffraction limit and which can be distinguished by direct observation without post processing are demonstrated. Furthermore, such direct observations with enhanced nanometer spatial stability and millisecond high speed are shown. Precise trapping and rapid rotation of gold nanorods with the iNC are demonstrated successfully. With non‐invasive post‐processing free nanoimaging and nanomanipulation, it is anticipated that the iNC will make contributions in the nanomaterial and biological sciences requiring precision optics.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Apr 15, 2021
Source ID
10.1002/smll.202007610

Entities

People

  • Somin Eunice Lee
  • Younggeun Park
  • Yunbo Liu
  • Zhijia Zhang

Organizations

  • Air Force Office of Scientific Research
  • National Science Foundation
  • University of Michigan

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Medical Imaging.
  • Nanoscale Plasmonic Nanotechnology

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics