Far-Field Subdiffraction Imaging of Semiconductors Using Nonlinear Transient Absorption Differential Microscopy

Ning Liu, Mahendar Kumbham, Isabel Pita, Yina Guo, Paolo Bianchini, Alberto Diaspro, Syed A M Tofail, André Peremans, Christophe Silien

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    Abstract

    Label-free absorption spectroscopies are frontline techniques to reveal the spectral fingerprint, composition and environment of materials and are applicable to a wide range of samples. In an effort to improve the spatial resolution of far-field absorption microscopy, which is limited by the diffraction of light, an imaging technique based on transient absorption saturation has recently been developed. Here we report a far-field transient absorption microscopy that does not require the sample to exhibit saturable absorption to break the diffraction barrier. By alternating the wavefront of the pump beams and exploiting a nonlinearity in the transient absorption intrinsic to semiconductors, we demonstrate imaging, beyond the diffraction limit, in CdSe nanobelts. This differential technique is applied for label-free super-resolution absorption microspectroscopy.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)478-485
    Number of pages8
    JournalACS Photonics
    Volume3
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 16 Mar 2016

    Keywords

    • bleaching
    • cadmium selenide
    • induced absorption
    • label-free
    • microspectroscopy
    • nanowire
    • pump''probe
    • super-resolution

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