51, 011102(2014)
激光与光电子学进展
Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
©2014《中国激光》杂志社
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偏振态和有效数值孔径对共聚焦全内反射显微术分
辨率的影响
魏通达
1, 2, 3
张运海
3
肖 昀
1, 2, 3
唐玉国
1, 3
1
中国科学院长春光学精密机械与物理研究所, 吉林 长春 130033 ;
2
中国科学院大学, 北京 100049
3
中国科学院苏州生物医学工程技术研究所, 江苏 苏州 215163
摘要 为了研究入射光偏振态和入射光瞳有效数值孔径对共聚焦全内反射显微术(CTIRM)的分辨率,即焦点横向半
峰全宽和纵向倏逝场透射深度的影响,根据 Richard-Wolf 矢量衍射理论,计算并讨论了线偏振、圆偏振、径向偏振和
切向偏振入射光在界面处的光强分布情况;同时计算了在三种不同的有效数值孔径(1.33~1.45,1~1.45 和 1~1.12)时,
焦点半峰全宽和倏逝场透射深度的数值结果。计算结果表明,当有效数值孔径为 1.33~1.45,入射波长为 532 nm 时,
径向偏振光在横向上可达 144 nm 的半峰全宽,优于线偏振的 330 nm 和圆偏振的 360 nm,超过了衍射极限。薄且大
的有效数值孔径能够获得更小的半峰全宽,其上下限的平方差越大,透射深度越小。三种数值孔径中,1~1.45 时的透
射深度最小,为 140 nm。相比较其他偏振光,径向偏振光更适合作为共聚焦全内反射显微术的入射激发光,并能够通
过优化有效数值孔径,获得样品近表面处的高横向分辨率和低轴向荧光噪声。
关键词 成像系统;显微;偏振;衍射理论;共聚焦;全内反射
中图分类号 O439 文献标识码 A doi: 10.3788/LOP51.011102
Effects of Polarization State and Effective Numerical Aperture on the
Resolution in Confocal Total Internal Reflection Microscopy
Wei Tongda
1, 2, 3
Zhang Yunhai
3
Xiao Yun
1, 2, 3
Tang Yuguo
1, 3
1
Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Changchun, Jilin 130033, China
2
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
3
Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Suzhou, Jiangsu 215163, China
Abstract In order to study the effects of polarization state and effective numerical aperture on the focal full-
width at half- maximum (FWHM) and evanescent depth in confocal total internal reflection Microscopy
(CTIRM), according to the Richard- Wolf theory, the intensity distribution in the interface is calculated and
discussed with linearly, circularly, radially and azimuthally polarized beams, respectively. Meanwhile, the
numerical calculations of FWHM and depth are researched for three different effective numerical apertures
(1.33~1.45, 1~1.45 and 1~1.12, respectively). The results indicate that the FWHM of radially polarized beam is
144 nm, breaking through the limitation of diffraction, which is also better than 330 nm of linearly and 360 nm of
circularly polarized ones, by using 532 nm incident wave and 1.33~1.45 aperture. The sharper focuscan be got
with the larger and thinner aperture. Also the smaller depth of transmission can be got with the larger difference
of squares of upper and lower limits, for which 140 nm is the shallowest depth with 1~1.45 aperture. Compared
to other polarizations, radially polarized beam is the most suitable choice for CTIRM. And by optimizing the
收稿日期:2013-09-09;收到修改稿日期:2013-10-18; 网络出版日期: 2013-12-14
基金项 目 :中国科学 院苏州生物医 学工程技术研 究所“一三 五”规划重 大突破项目(Y052031205)、苏 州市应用基础 研究
计划(SYG201128)
作者简介:魏通达(1986—),男,博士研究生,主要从事光学显微成像方面的研究。E-mail:weitd@sibet.ac.cn
导师简介: 唐玉国(1967—),男,博士,研究员,博士生导师,主要从事医用光学、医用光学工程、光谱学及光谱分析仪器等
方面的研究。E-mail: tangyg@sibet.ac.cn