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Optical Nanoprobing via Spin-Orbit Interaction of Light
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We show, both theoretically and experimentally, that high-numerical-aperture (NA) optical microscopy is accompanied by strong spin-orbit interaction of light, which translates fine information about the specimen to the polarization degrees of freedom of light. An 80 nm gold nanoparticle scattering the light in the focus of a high-NA objective generates angular momentum conversion, which is seen as a nonuniform polarization distribution at the exit pupil. We demonstrate remarkable sensitivity of the effect to the position of the nanoparticle: Its subwavelength displacement produces the giant spin-Hall effect, i.e., macroseparation of spins in the outgoing light. This brings forth a far-field optical nanoprobing technique based on the spin-orbit interaction of light.
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- Authors
- Rodríguez-Herrera, O. G., Lara, D., Bliokh, K. Y., Ostrovskaya, E. A., & Dainty, C.
- Affiliations
- Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway (IE)
- Imperial College London (GB)
- Australian National University (AU)
- Venue
- Physical Review Letters
- Publisher
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Published
- 2010-06-22
- Volume
- 104
- Issue
- 25
- Pages
- 253601-253601
- ISSN
- 0031-9007 (ISSN-L)
- 1079-7114
- OpenAlex
- W2007667860
- Cited by
- 266
- References
- 33
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- 8.37
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- en
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- arxiv.org
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- arXiv (Cornell University)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials › Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Optical Polarization and Ellipsometry
- Keywords
- spin-orbit interaction of light, high numerical aperture microscopy, gold nanoparticles, spin Hall effect, polarization distribution, exit pupil
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