Exceptional Point Engineered Glass Slide for Microscopic Thermal Mapping

Abstract

Thermal sensing with fine spatial resolution is important to the study of many scientific areas. While modern microscopy systems allow easy optical detection at high spatial resolution, their intrinsic functions are mainly focused on imaging but limited in detecting other physical parameters, for example, mapping thermal variations. Here, with a coating of an optical exceptional point structure on a conventional glass slide, we demonstrate a novel low-cost and efficient multifunctional microscope slide, supporting real-time monitoring and mapping of temperature distribution and heat transport in addition to conventional microscopic imaging. The square-root dependency associated with an exceptional point leads to enhanced thermal sensitivity that is critical for the precise measurement of the temperature. With a microscale resolution, real-time thermal mapping is conducted, showing dynamic temperature variation in a spatially-defined area. Our strategy of integrating low-cost and efficient optical sensing technologies on a conventional glass slide is expected to enable simultaneous detection of multiple environmental parameters, thereby leading to new opportunities for improved experimental control in many scientific research disciplines.

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