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Laser scanning gradient index optics microscope: submicrometre scale spectroscopy and imaging at cryogenic
1Department of Applied Physics, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Koganei, Japan.
Abstract:
A laser scanning far-field optical microscope for low-temperature imaging and spectroscopy based on gradient index optics is presented. A rod-shaped gradient index microlens is used as a zero-working-distance solid immersion objective lens. The obtained lateral resolution is 310 nm of the FWHM at a wavelength of 545 nm. A laser scanning mechanism located outside an optical cryostat enables one to achieve large scanning ranges independent of temperature. The use of the microscope for submicrometre-scale spectroscopy and low-temperature photochemistry performed on molecular J aggregates in thin polymer films is presented.

