Simplified superoscillatory lenses for super-resolution imaging

J Opt Soc Am A Opt Image Sci Vis. 2022 Dec 1;39(12):C116-C125. doi: 10.1364/JOSAA.471983.

Abstract

In recent years, superoscillations have become a new method for creating super-resolution imaging systems. The design of superoscillatory wavefronts and their corresponding lenses can, however, be a complicated process. In this study, we extend a recently developed method for designing complex superoscillatory filters to the creation of phase- and amplitude-only filters and compare their performance. These three types of filters can generate nearly identical superoscillatory fields at the image plane.

MeSH terms

  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional
  • Lenses*