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摘要:
表面等离子体（SPs）显微成像技术能够在纳米尺度上对材料折射率的局部变化以及材料的表面形貌进行检测，这一特性使其在生物医疗及半导体材料等领域有很多的应用。提出一种新型共轴共聚焦干涉式表面等离子体显微成像技术，该技术可以定量地对折射率变化进行检测，而且具有实现简单、成本低、对环境条件要求低、信噪比高等优点。采用压电陶瓷微纳米移动平台在显微物镜的焦面附近对样品进行扫描，SPs信号与参考光的相对相位会改变从而产生一个周期性的振荡信号即
V （z ）曲线。同时该技术能够通过控制样品的离焦距离来实现图像对比度的可控，而且这一举措不会显著地降低图像的分辨率及对比度。也分别从理论仿真和实验结果上证明了该技术的可行性。Abstract:Surface plasmon (SPs) microscopy can measure local changes of refractive index on the nano scale and has been successfully applied in biomedical or semiconductor material fields. Here, we propose and develop a novel common-path confocal interferometric SPs microscopy. This technique delivers quantitative high spatial resolution sensitive to refractive index and offers the advantages of simplicitye, low cost, low environmental requirements, and high signal-to-noise ratio. The so-called
V (z ) effect is the period oscillation by the relative phase between the reference and the SPs signal and obtained by scanning the sample along the optical axis (z direction) with a Piezo-electric stage. We demonstrate that the image contrast can be controlled by varying the sample defocus without substantially degrading spatial resolution. We also verify the technique theoretically and experimentally.-
Key words:
- microscopy /
- confocal interference /
- surface plasmon /
- imaging systems /
- nano-measurement
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图 1 SPs共聚焦系统的原理示意图
Figure 1. Schematic diagram of principle concept of confocal SPs system
图 4 不同虚拟孔径下的V(z)归一化仿真曲线
Figure 4. Simulated V(z) normalized curves for different virtual pinhole radii
图 5 空气环境下，玻片上镀有50 nm金薄样品在不同虚拟孔径下的V(z)仿真曲线
Figure 5. Simulated V(z) curves of samples with substrates coated with 50 nm gold film for different virtual pinhole radii in air environment
图 6 不同离焦距离下的光栅样品的一维实验扫描表面形貌
Figure 6. 1D experimental scanning grating sample surface profiles for different defocus distances
图 7 离焦距离为-1.25 μm时，不同虚拟孔径大小下的BSA蛋白质光栅结构一维图像
Figure 7. 1D BSA protein grating images for different virtual pinhole radii with defocus distance of -1.25 μm
表 1 3种成像技术的参数比较
Table 1. Comparison of parameters among three imaging techniques
成像技术 轴向分辨率 横向分辨率 频率调制器件 系统架构 振动隔离平台 灰度式 Sub-nm >1 μm × 单轴 × 双臂干涉式 Sub-nm λ/2 √ 双轴 √ 本文 Sub-nm λ/2 × 单轴 × 
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