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    • Near-field optics
    • Optical imaging
    • Nanophotonics

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    • Overcoming the diffraction limit is a key challenge in optical imaging.
    • Existing efforts focus on enhancing resolution for advanced applications.
    • Near-field optics offers potential for sub-wavelength imaging.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To propose a new thin microcavity theory for near-field optics.
    • To investigate super-resolution diffraction patterns from sub-wavelength apertures.
    • To explore the mechanism behind novel super-resolution imaging.

    Main Methods:

    • Utilizing the power flow theorem to develop thin microcavity theory.
    • Modeling sub-wavelength apertures as thin nanocavities.
    • Employing simulation results based on cylindrical wave integration series.

    Main Results:

    • Demonstrated a novel super-resolution diffraction pattern with resolution better than λ/80.
    • Identified the interaction between incident waves and nanocavities with complex wavenumbers as the mechanism.
    • Observed super-resolution patterns formed by one or three terms of cylindrical wave integration series.

    Conclusions:

    • The proposed thin microcavity theory enables optical super-resolution beyond the diffraction limit.
    • Novel super-resolution patterns with discontinuous upright peaks are achieved.
    • Potential applications include semiconductor lithography, nano-drilling, microscopy, and optical information processing.