Superresolution Imaging of Optical Vortices in a Speckle Pattern

Marco Pascucci, Gilles Tessier, Valentina Emiliani, and Marc Guillon
Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 093904 – Published 4 March 2016
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Abstract

We characterize, experimentally, the intensity minima of a polarized high numerical aperture optical speckle pattern and the topological charges of the associated optical vortices. The negative of a speckle pattern is imprinted in a uniform fluorescent sample by photobleaching. The remaining fluorescence is imaged with superresolution stimulated emission depletion microscopy, which reveals subdiffraction fluorescence confinement at the center of optical vortices. The intensity statistics of saturated negative speckle patterns are predicted and measured. The charge of optical vortices is determined by controlling the handedness of circular polarization, and the creation or annihilation of a vortex pair along propagation is shown.

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  • Received 17 September 2015

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.093904

© 2016 American Physical Society

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Atomic, Molecular & Optical

Authors & Affiliations

Marco Pascucci1, Gilles Tessier2, Valentina Emiliani1, and Marc Guillon1,*

  • 1Wavefront Engineering Microscopy Group, Neurophotonics Laboratory, CNRS UMR 8250, Paris Descartes University, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris 75006, France
  • 2Holographic Microscopy Group, Neurophotonics Laboratory, CNRS UMR 8250, Paris Descartes University, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris 75006, France

  • *Corresponding author. marc.guillon@parisdescartes.fr

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Vol. 116, Iss. 9 — 4 March 2016

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