Superoscillation (IMAGE)

SPIE--International Society for Optics and Photonics

Superoscillation

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A pair of moonlike sharp-edge apertures enables generation of diffractive focusing light spot sized within the optical diffraction limit, while eliminating side waves along the symmetric cut.

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Yanwen Hu.

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