READ ME File For Dataset for: Superoscillatory quartz lens with numerical aperture greater than one

Dataset DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/D1381

ReadMe Author: Zheludev, N.I., University of Southampton ORCID ID: 0000-0002-1013-6636	

This dataset supports the publication:
AUTHORS: Zheludev, N, Yuan, GH, Tsai, DP & Lin, Y-H 
TITLE: Superoscillatory quartz lens with numerical aperture greater than one
JOURNAL: Applied Physics Letters
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Figure 1:
(1) Figure 1a: Schematic image to show the fabrication procedures of the quartz SOL. 
(2) Figure 1b: Optical image of the quartz SOL (Figure 1b.tif). 
(3) Figure 1c: SEM image of the quartz SOL (Figure 1c.tif). 
(4) Figure 1d: The depth profile of the lens fabricated by optical lithography and with confocal measurement. The *.tif files give the original experimental data.

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Figure 2:
(1) Figure 2a: Simulated y-z cross-section of intensity distribution of the superoscillatory hotspot near the designed focus (Figure 2a.tif). 
(2) Figure 2b: Simulated x-y cross-section of intensity distribution of the superoscillatory hotspot near the designed focus (Figure 2b.tif). 
(3) Figure 2c: Experimental y-z cross-section of intensity distribution of the superoscillatory hotspot near the designed focus (Figure 2c.tif).
(4) Figure 2d: Experimental x-y cross-section of intensity distribution of the superoscillatory hotspot near the designed focus (Figure 2d.tif).
(5) Figure 2e: Comparison of axial intensity of the hotspot between simulation and experiment (Figure 2e.tif). The *.txt files are used to produce the figure 2e in the main text.
(6) Figure 2f: Comparison of spot size of the hotspot between simulation and experiment (Figure 2f.tif).

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Figure 3:
(1) Figure 3a: Schematics of the experimental setup for the imaging with superoscillatory hotspot and confocal detection. The figures in *.tif format are used to produce the inset figures. 
(2) Figure 3b: SEM image, superoscillatory (with  SOL)  and  diffraction-limited  (with  a  normal  objective  of  NA=0.95)  imaging  of  hole  pair  arrays. The figures in *.tif format are used to produce the figure 3b in the main text.
(3) Figure 3c: SEM image, superoscillatory and diffraction-limited imaging of a complex image (Ursa Major and Ursa Minor). The figures in *.tif format are used to produce the figure 3c in the main text.
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Date of data collection: not given

Information about geographic location of data collection: not given

Licence: CC BY https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Related projects:
This work was supported by the Singapore Ministry of Education (Grant No. MOE2016-T3-1-006), the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) Singapore (Grant
No. SERC A1685b0005), the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council UK (Grants No. EP/N00762X/1 and No. EP/M0091221).


Date that the file was created: May,2020