• Acta Photonica Sinica
  • Vol. 54, Issue 1, 0111002 (2025)
Hongyu HUANG*, Ruisheng WANG, Xiaomin LIN, Xianpeng LIANG..., Ming DONG and Quan YUAN|Show fewer author(s)
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  • Shenyang Instrument Science Research Institute Co.,Ltd.,Shenyang 110043,China
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    DOI: 10.3788/gzxb20255401.0111002 Cite this Article
    Hongyu HUANG, Ruisheng WANG, Xiaomin LIN, Xianpeng LIANG, Ming DONG, Quan YUAN. Development of Low Wavefront Distortion Dichroic Mirror for Super-resolution Imaging[J]. Acta Photonica Sinica, 2025, 54(1): 0111002 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    In recent years, with the rapid development of fluorescence imaging technology, there has been an increasing demand for detection. Super resolution fluorescence microscopy, by repeatedly activating and quenching fluorescent molecules to break through diffraction limits, combined with fluorescent labeling, can achieve nanoscale imaging and quickly and accurately detect human diseased cells. Therefore, it is widely used in the field of medical detection. Traditional dichroic mirrors mainly play a role in separating spectra in optical systems, while in fluorescence imaging optical systems, the performance of dichroic mirrors not only needs to consider spectral performance, but also the reflection wavefront distortion (also known as surface flatness PV) of the device. When the surface flatness of the device is poor, that is, when the PV value of the reflected wavefront distortion test result is large, phenomena such as “defocusing”, “astigmatism”, focal plane separation, and blurred spot size can occur after passing through the dichroic mirror. This problem causes the optical system to be unable to accurately distinguish cell structures at the nanoscale, thereby limiting the imaging results of the detection system. The reason for the poor surface flatness of the device is that during the deposition of multi-layer optical films, the surface flatness of the optical device can change under the action of film layer stress, resulting in changes in the surface shape of the coated product. Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop low wavefront dichroic filter devices. This article studies the effect of substrate resistance to thin film stress and finds that the stress change of thin films deposited on JGS1 is smaller than that on K9. Therefore, JGS1 is selected as the experimental substrate; by studying the effect of annealing temperature on the stress of Ta2O5, Nb2O5, and SiO2 material film layers, it is found that as the annealing temperature increases, the stress of Ta2O5 material film reverses from compressive stress to tensile stress, while the stress of Nb2O5 and SiO2 materials remains in compressive stress. It was proposed to achieve low wavefront distortion by canceling out the positive and negative stresses of the film layer. Ta2O5 and SiO2 materials were selected as high and low refractive index materials, and the relationship between the film thickness ratio and annealing temperature at the time of stress cancellation of the two materials was inversely fitted. According to the relationship, it can be seen that the film thickness ratio of Ta2O5 and SiO2 materials needs to be at least greater than 2.6∶1. After preparation, annealing can achieve stress reduction. Force offset; based on the fitting results, the film structure was designed and adjusted. The physical film thickness ratio of the two materials was controlled by changing the optical thickness of the high refractive index material while ensuring that the spectrum was met. The physical film thickness ratio of Ta2O5 material and SiO2 material was designed to be 4.3∶1. Finally, the optical thin film was prepared by sputtering deposition, and the reflection wavefront distortion was further optimized by gradually increasing the annealing temperature. Finally, a dual band low wavefront distortion dichroic mirror was prepared. After testing, a 2 mm thick quartz substrate was used, and the spectral test results show thatthe Tavg>97%@504~544 nm & Tavg>97%@588~800 nm, Tabs<2%@450~491 nm & Tabs<2%@556~566 nm, the wavefront distortion (reflected PV value) test result is 0.087 λ, and it has passed the environmental durability test.
    Hongyu HUANG, Ruisheng WANG, Xiaomin LIN, Xianpeng LIANG, Ming DONG, Quan YUAN. Development of Low Wavefront Distortion Dichroic Mirror for Super-resolution Imaging[J]. Acta Photonica Sinica, 2025, 54(1): 0111002
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