Focusing multimodal optical microprobe devices

An optical microprobe method for focusing multimodal radiation with wavelength-scale spatial resolution and delivering the focused radiation to a specimen, comprising:

• providing a radiation source;
• and
• providing one or more of a plurality of optically transparent or semitransparent spheres and a plurality of optically transparent or semitransparent cylinders optically coupled to the radiation source;
• wherein the one or more of the plurality of optically transparent or semitransparent spheres and the plurality of optically transparent or semitransparent cylinders periodically focus radiation optically transmitted from the radiation source such that radiation ultimately transmitted to the specimen has predetermined characteristics.

An optical microprobe device for focusing multimodal radiation with wavelength-scale spatial resolution and delivering the focused radiation to a specimen, comprising:

• a radiation source;
• and
• one or more of a plurality of optically transparent or semitransparent spheres and a plurality of optically transparent or semitransparent cylinders optically coupled to the radiation source;
• wherein the one or more of the plurality of optically transparent or semitransparent spheres and the plurality of optically transparent or semitransparent cylinders periodically focus radiation optically transmitted from the radiation source creating periodic focused beams such that radiation ultimately transmitted to the specimen forms a final focused beam that has predetermined characteristics.