Abstract: An article to perform surface plasmon resonance imaging includes a light source to provide source light, the source light including a source optical profile, the source optical profile being selected to match a transmission profile at a surface plasmon resonance angle; an optical transformer configured to: receive the source light from the light source; and produce a transformed light comprising the source optical profile; and an optical modifier including: a back focal plane disposed at a first surface of the optical modifier and including the transmission profile; and an image focal plane disposed at a second surface of the optical modifier opposing the back focal plane, the optical modifier being configured to: magnify the transformed light; and produce magnified transformed light that includes the source optical profile.