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Active Thermal Detection Could Broaden Use of Superresolution Techniques

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DAEJEON, South Korea, Jan. 10, 2020 — Be it light, sound, or an electromagnetic wave, a probe beam operates the same way — the beam gets sent ahead and a wave of the same nature is reflected back. The absorbed energy is converted to heat, for which there has been no perceived use until now. Researchers at the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) theoretically showed that the temperature increase caused by a probe beam could be used to generate a signal for detecting objects. Further, this so-called active thermal detection could enable superresolution imaging at all scales, said the researchers, compared to conventional...Read full article

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    Published: January 2020
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    superresolution
    Superresolution refers to the enhancement or improvement of the spatial resolution beyond the conventional limits imposed by the diffraction of light. In the context of imaging, it is a set of techniques and algorithms that aim to achieve higher resolution images than what is traditionally possible using standard imaging systems. In conventional optical microscopy, the resolution is limited by the diffraction of light, a phenomenon described by Ernst Abbe's diffraction limit. This limit sets a...
    Research & TechnologyeducationAsia-PacificLight SourcesImagingOpticsMicroscopysuperresolutionactive thermal detectionSensors & Detectorsthermal probessuperlinearityoptical physics

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