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微球辅助显微术中非常规 Optics and Laser Technology 114 (2019) 40–43
的放大行为
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Research Note
H I GH L IG H T S
A R T I C LE I N FO A B S T R A C T
Keywords: Microsphere-assisted microscopy is an original sub-diffraction-limit imaging technique allowing to reach a few
Microscopy hundred nanometres of lateral resolution in air only by placing a microbead in a classical optical microscope.
Super-resolution This work aims to highlight the magnification process in microsphere-assisted microscopy which behaves dif-
Microsphere ferently from the case in optical microscopy. As a matter of fact, the lateral magnification of an optical mi-
Magnification
croscope does not change according to focus plane positions. Experiments on the super-resolution imaging
Image formation
technique, performed in air through soda-lime-glass microspheres and attested by simulations, demonstrate a
significant increase in the magnification factor along the microsphere imaging depth, i.e. at different object-
focal-plane position of the objective. Moreover, it is shown that the magnification range, as well as its slope,
depend on the size of the microsphere. Additionally, the influence of the spectral width of the illumination light
source on the magnification range is highlighted.
⁎
Corresponding author.
E-mail address: stephane.perrin@unistra.fr (S. Perrin).
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optlastec.2019.01.030
Received 7 August 2018; Received in revised form 7 December 2018; Accepted 15 January 2019
Available online 25 January 2019
0030-3992/ © 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
S. Perrin et al. Optics and Laser Technology 114 (2019) 40–43
Magnification
therefore the imaging factor within the imaging depth behaves in an Simulation
unconventional way. As a matter of fact, the lateral magnification dif- 6
fers according to the axial position of the microscope objective. As an
5
example, Supplementary Movie illustrates the change in the magnifi-
cation along the optical axis using a soda-lime-glass microsphere with a 4
diameter of 29 μm. This effect could lead to divergent interpretations of
30 40 50 60 70 80 90
results (e.g., the magnification from a 4.7 μm-diameter microsphere Axial position ( m)
equals ×4.1 and even ×8 in Ref. [16], and ×2.8, in Ref. [28]). Therefore,
a range of magnification factor is sometimes preferred in order to avoid (b.i) (b.ii) (b.iii)
any position-dependent-magnification confusions [29,38].
This work exposes a fundamental property in microsphere-assisted
microscopy by highlighting the non-classical evolution of the lateral
magnification along the imaging depth. Through experimental mea-
surements and numerical analyses, the influence of the microsphere
diameter, as well as the bandwidth of the light source, on the magni- (c)
fication behaviour is shown in air. -10
X ( m)
0
2. Methods 10
-20 0 20 40 60 80 100
A classical optical microscope in reflecting mode has thus been Z ( m)
enhanced by introducing glass microspheres (Cospheric LLC,
California) having different diameters. The soda-lime-glass micro- Fig. 2. (a) Experimental (red solid line) and numerical (blue dotted line) evo-
spheres have a refractive index of 1.52. The illumination part consists of lutions of the lateral magnification from a 25-μ m-diameter microsphere placed
in air using a white-light source, along the microbead imaging depth (Z axial
a white-light source (λ 0 = 650 nm, Δλ = 400 nm) where the emitting
position). (b.i), (b.ii) and (b.iii) are the virtual images of the 400 nm periodic
beam passes through a Köhler arrangement to provide a more homo-
object at Z positions of 30 μ m, 55 μ m and 90 μ m, respectively. Scale bars re-
geneous intensity distribution. The field diaphragm was closed to im- present 1 μ m. (c) Simulation of the virtual image formation. The object is two
prove the imaging contrast [39]. In addition, wavelength filters (a cyan point sources placed against the microsphere. The white dotted line illustrates
filter with λ 0 = 567 nm and Δλ = 90 nm, and a blue-line filter with the initial microsphere location. (For interpretation of the references to colour
λ 0 = 445 nm and Δλ = 11 nm) can be introduced in order to limit the in this figure legend, the reader is referred to the web version of this article.)
spectral width of the light source. The object beam is then directed
towards the imaging part and passes through the transparent micro-
the measurements. During the experiments, the measurements were
sphere and the microscope objective (Zeiss, ×50, NA = 0.55), as shown
repeated using ten similar microspheres. For example, experimental
in Fig. 1(a). Here, the object is a contrast grating target having a period
curve represented in Fig. 2(a) results thus of an averaging of the mag-
of 400 nm (fabricated at the MIMENTO Technology Centre, FEMTO-ST
nification factors through ten 25-μ m-diameter microspheres. Moreover,
Institute, France). It can be noted that the optical microscope alone is
at each axial position, the magnification measurements were performed
not able to visualize the 200-nm-groove-width features (Fig. 1(b)). In-
ten times.
deed, considering the transfer function of the whole white-light mi-
croscope, the resolving power equals only 840 nm. The microsphere is
thus placed in air on the surface of the object, allowing the super-re- 3. Results and discussion
solution phenomenon to occur. A camera finally records the super-re-
solution image (Fig. 1(c)) from the objective lens and a relay lens. In The lateral magnification generated by the microsphere, defined as
order to capture the virtual images at different positions along the the ratio between the grating periods in the image plane and the object
optical axis, a piezoelectric device is vertically displaced. The depth of plane, was first measured according to the axial position where the
field of the microscope objective (∼1 μ m) defines the axial sampling of objective focuses on (Fig. 2(a)). A soda-lime-glass microsphere having a
41
S. Perrin et al. Optics and Laser Technology 114 (2019) 40–43
diameter of 25 μ m was used to demonstrate the influence of the axial 8 White light
image position on the magnification factor. A linear evolution along the Cyan-filtered white light
Magnification
microsphere imaging depth (∼60 μ m) is shown, changing from ×4 to 7 Blue-filtered white light
×8 while maintaining the super-resolution phenomenon. This effect is
6
significantly different to conventional full-field optical system. Indeed,
the magnification of a conventional optical microscope remains con- 5
stant over the clearest imaging depth. Obviously, the virtual images at
4
positions deeper than 60 μ m have a contrast decreased (Fig. 2(b.iii)). In
order to confirm the experimental results, a rigorous 2D electro- 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
magnetic model was also implemented by using a finite element Axial position ( m)
method (Comsol Multiphysics). The simulation of super-resolution Fig. 4. Evolution of the lateral magnification from a 25-μ m-diameter micro-
virtual imaging consists in two steps [23,40,41]: firstly, the electric sphere placed in air as a function of axial position under three types of light
fields from the object, i.e. two point sources, interacts with a micro- source having 400 nm (in red line), 90 nm (in cyan line) and 11 nm (in blue
sphere. Then, the transmitted electric field is time-reverse propagated line) of bandwidth. (For interpretation of the references to colour in this figure
in free-space, i.e. propagated in the opposite axial direction without the legend, the reader is referred to the web version of this article.)
microsphere, in order to retrieve the two images. The broadband illu-
mination of the light source is considered by repeating the two steps been estimated and is represented in Fig. 3(b) (red-color curve). A fit-
over the visible spectral range (Δλ = 400 nm, step = 50 nm) and then ting curve is juxtaposed, highlighting the inverse proportionality of the
the wavelength-dependant irradiance distributions are summed slope α according to the diameter D of the soda-lime-glass micro-
(Fig. 2(c)). The simulated magnification factor, i.e. the transverse dis- spheres. In air and using soda-lime-glass microspheres, this relation is
tance ratio between the two resulting images and the two point sources, expressed as:
is represented by the blue dotted line in Fig. 2(a) according to the
1.83
longitudinal position of the image plane, showing magnification values α [in μm−1] =
D [in μm] (1)
in good agreement with the experiments.
Afterwards, the influence of the microsphere diameter on the posi- In addition, Fig. 3(a) shows that the smaller the diameter, the narrower
tion-dependent magnification were studied. Eight glass microspheres the imaging depth. Indeed, not only the magnification factor but also
having different diameters were hence placed on the 400-nm-period the imaging depth are highly affected by the size of the microsphere.
grating. In order to be readable, Fig. 3(a) represents the linear evolution Large microspheres are able to form virtual images at deeper positions,
of the magnification factor for only three microsphere diameters, i.e. requiring focus with the microscope objective at further positions. The
7 μ m, 46 μ m and 125 μ m. The curves allow to affirm that, at a given linear proportionality of the initial position of the imaging depth as a
axial image position, the large microspheres provide a magnification function of the diameter of soda-lime-glass microspheres is shown in
factor lower than when using small microspheres. Moreover, the mi- Fig. 3(b) (blue-color curve).
crosphere-diameter dependence on the magnification curve slope α has Finally, the role of the spectral bandwidth of the light source on the
magnification was investigated. For this purpose, the performance of
the 25-μ m-diameter microsphere using the white light source (re-
(a) presented by the red line in Fig. 4) is compared with two spectrally-
D =7 m
D = 46 m gated illuminations, i.e. using the cyan filter (cyan line) and the blue-
6 line-filter (blue line). The magnification factor remains linearly pro-
D = 125 m
Magnification
0.30 60 surement, i.e. the possibility to adjust the required magnification. This
Slope ( m-1)
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seemed sealed; but at that critical moment, for some reason never
explained, the huge quadruped took alarm, turned tail, and ran up
the bank with greater haste than dignity, turning about every now
and then as if fearful of being pursued.
Before the end of June, all was ready. The canoes admirably
answered the purpose for which they were intended, and the voyage
was resumed in the highest spirits. Little progress had been made,
however, when Captain Clarke missed some geographical notes he
had taken, and turned back, accompanied by his servant York, the
interpreter Chabornæan, and the latter’s wife and child. To retrace
his steps for the sake of making sure of a few facts seemed a simple
enough proceeding, yet in so doing Clarke ran a risk of never
completing his journey. On his arrival at the Falls, a terrible storm
came on, and he took refuge with his party beneath some shelving
rocks in a ravine hard by, thinking to resume his walk in an hour or
so. As he waited, however, a torrent of rain and hail suddenly
seemed to collect in a solid mass, and poured into the ravine in a
strong current, bringing with it huge fragments of rocks, uprooted
trees, and all manner of debris. There was not a moment to lose; the
Captain seized his gun, and, pushing before him the Indian woman,
who had caught her child up from the net in which it lay at her feet,
he sprang up the ravine, closely followed by Chabornæan. So
sudden was the rise of the water, that it was up to Clarke’s waist
before he gained the bank; and as he turned to look back on
reaching that refuge, he saw the whole ravine filled, and the net from
which the child had been rescued whirled rapidly out of sight. An
instant’s hesitation, and the whole party would have been swept
down the Great Falls.
On the 19th July, the grand range of rocks from which the
Missouri issues, forming one of the most magnificent mountain
passes of the world, was reached, and the first part of the journey
may be said to have been performed. Naming the pass the “Gates”
of the Rocky Mountains, our heroes made their way through it in
their canoes, each stroke of the paddle revealing fresh beauties and
ever-increasing solemnity. “The convulsion of the passage,” says
Rees, alluding to the first breaking forth of the Missouri from its
mountain cradle, “must have been terrible, since at its outlet there
are vast columns of rock torn from the mountain, which are strewed
on both sides of the river—the trophies, as it were, of the victory.”
The exact position of the source of the river, the course of which
they had followed for no less than 3,000 miles, was carefully noted
by the explorers, and found to be N. lat. 45°, W. long. 112°; and, after
congratulating each other on the great success achieved, the
journey was resumed with fresh ardor and enthusiasm.
After a march of two miles, with the Indians leading the way, a
troop of some sixty warriors, mounted on good horses, was sighted.
The mediators hastened to meet the chief, explaining who the white
men were, and a scene of some absurdity ensued, the Indians
embracing the Americans, and covering them with grease and paint.
This wild welcome was succeeded by the smoking of a pipe of peace
in common, Captain Lewis first taking a whiff and then passing it
round to his hosts. The friendship between the Snakes and
Americans thus ratified, the chiefs conducted their white brothers to
their camp, where a grand consultation was held as to the best
means of reaching the Columbia, and tracing its course to the
Pacific.
The information given was not very satisfactory. The river, said
the Indians, flowed through a country where timber for building
canoes and food for filling the stomach were alike scarce. No one
cared to undertake the task of guiding the explorers on their perilous
journey, and although, after a good deal of persuasion and bribery,
ten men were induced to promise their assistance, it was in such a
grudging fashion as to promise but little success.
On the 23d August the expedition was once more en route. The
sources of the Missouri had been discovered, the position of those of
the Columbia determined, and the country between the two
traversed more than once. All, therefore, that now remained to be
done was to trace the great river of the West to the Pacific.
Accompanied by a number of Shoshone guides, the Americans
made their way toward the ocean by a rugged Indian path, halting
now at one, now at another Indian village; and after much wandering
to and fro, with terrible sufferings from cold and hunger, they entered
a district inhabited by a people calling themselves Ootlashoots, who
turned out to be members of one of the numerous inland Columbian
tribes who inhabit the regions on the Pacific between N. lat. 52° 30′
and 45°.
Below the Sokulks dwelt the Pishquitpaws, who had never seen a
white man, and were proportionately astonished at the sudden
appearance among them of the Americans. Except that they wore
scarcely any clothing at all, the Pishquitpaws differed but little from
the other inland Columbian tribes visited; and when their terror at the
arrival of their strange guests—who they thought had fallen straight
from the sky—was somewhat subsided, they were ready enough to
give information and show hospitality.
As the canoes floated down the Columbia toward the Great Falls,
the spirits of the party were cheered by the sight on the west of a
lofty snow-tipped mountain, which they identified as that of St.
Helen’s, seen by Vancouver from the mouth of the great river; and on
the 22d October the Falls themselves were reached, where the