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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2018
University College Dublin, National University of Ireland, Dublin, Dublin, IE;
Dominic Zerulla, Dublin, IE;
Abstract
An imaging apparatus () for imaging a sample () comprising an array of electronically addressable pixels () wherein each pixel is arranged to support a surface plasmon resonance thereinto generate an evanescent electromagnetic field () which extends transversely from the pixel so as to be salient from plane of the array for illuminating the sample (). An optical detector () is arranged for detecting optical radiation () scattered from the evanescent electromagnetic field () by the sample (). A processing unit () arranged to associate the detected optical radiation () with the address of the pixel or pixels within the array at which the surface plasmon resonance was generated.