Structured illumination microscopy with extreme ultraviolet pulses
Optics
2024-03-29 v1 Other Condensed Matter
Abstract
The relentless pursuit of understanding matter at ever-finer scales has pushed optical microscopy to surpass the diffraction limit and produced the super-resolution microscopy which enables visualizing structures shorter than the wavelength of light. In the present work, we harnessed extreme ultraviolet beams to create a sub-{\mu}m grating structure, which was revealed by extreme ultraviolet structured illumination microscopy. This achievement marks the first step toward extending such a super-resolution technique into the X-ray regime, where achieving atomic-scale resolution becomes a charming possibility.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2403.19382,
title = {Structured illumination microscopy with extreme ultraviolet pulses},
author = {R. Mincigrucci and E. Paltanin and J. -S. Pelli-Cresi and F. Gala and E. Pontecorvo and L. Foglia and D. De Angelis and D. Fainozzi and A. Gessini and D. S. P. Molina and O. Stranik and F. Wechsler and R. Heintzmann and G. Ruocco and F. Bencivenga and C. Masciovecchio},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.19382},
year = {2024}
}