Object Motion with Structured Optical Illumination as a Basis for Far-Subwavelength Resolution

Abstract

An imaging method based on object motion with structured light illumination and far-field measurement data that results in far-subwavelength image information is proposed. Simulations with realistic noisy data show that this approach will lead to the ability to distinguish object features on the nanometer scale using visible light, without the need for fluorophores. The principle is that far-field measurements with controlled motion in a spatially varying incident field add information about nanometer-scale dimensions and material properties.