Scanning near-field optical microscope (SNOM) – using the scattered light through a sub-wavelenght aperture to form an image. (Illustration by Kristian Molhave, Opensource Handbook of Nanoscience and ...

This reduction in performance is due to fundamental physical principles and can have a severe impact on the accuracy of optical sensors ... and fluorescence microscopy, future work will focus ...

a natural effect that sets a boundary on the smallest details that conventional optical microscopes can resolve. (Image: adapted from Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0) The diffraction limit arises from ...

Designed to uncover new optical design principles, XLuminA focuses on advancing super-resolution microscopy. Acting as an AI-powered optics simulator, it autonomously explores all possible optical ...