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Title: Super resolution for magneto-optical microscopy

Abstract

Sub-diffraction limited magneto-optical microscopy, such as Kerr or Faraday effect microscopy, provide many advantages to fields of science and technology for measuring, or imaging, the magnetization structures and magnetization domains of materials. Disclosed is a method and system for performing sub-diffraction limited magneto-optic microscopy. The method includes positioning a microlens or microlens layer relative to a surface of a sample to image the surface of the sample, forming a photonic nanojet to probe the surface of the sample, and receiving light reflected by the surface of the sample or transmitted through the sample at an imaging sensor. The methods and associated systems and devices enable sub-diffraction limited imaging of magnetic domains at resolutions 2 to 8 times the classical diffraction limit.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1986714
Patent Number(s):
11474283
Application Number:
16/916,895
Assignee:
UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, IL)
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-06CH11357
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 06/30/2020
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Citation Formats

te Velthuis, Suzanne Gabriëlle Everdine, Vogel, Michael Claus Siegfried, and Hoffmann, Axel Friedrich. Super resolution for magneto-optical microscopy. United States: N. p., 2022. Web.
te Velthuis, Suzanne Gabriëlle Everdine, Vogel, Michael Claus Siegfried, & Hoffmann, Axel Friedrich. Super resolution for magneto-optical microscopy. United States.
te Velthuis, Suzanne Gabriëlle Everdine, Vogel, Michael Claus Siegfried, and Hoffmann, Axel Friedrich. Tue . "Super resolution for magneto-optical microscopy". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1986714.
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abstractNote = {Sub-diffraction limited magneto-optical microscopy, such as Kerr or Faraday effect microscopy, provide many advantages to fields of science and technology for measuring, or imaging, the magnetization structures and magnetization domains of materials. Disclosed is a method and system for performing sub-diffraction limited magneto-optic microscopy. The method includes positioning a microlens or microlens layer relative to a surface of a sample to image the surface of the sample, forming a photonic nanojet to probe the surface of the sample, and receiving light reflected by the surface of the sample or transmitted through the sample at an imaging sensor. The methods and associated systems and devices enable sub-diffraction limited imaging of magnetic domains at resolutions 2 to 8 times the classical diffraction limit.},
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