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Longitudinal Field Modes Probed by Single Molecules
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We demonstrate that a strong longitudinal, nonpropagating field is generated at the focus of a radially polarized beam mode. This field is localized in space and its energy density exceeds the energy density of the transverse field by more than a factor of 2. Single molecules with fixed absorption dipole moments are used to probe the longitudinal field. Vice versa, it is demonstrated that orientations of single molecules are efficiently mapped out in three dimensions by using a radially polarized beam as the excitation source. We also show that there is no momentum or energy transport associated with the longitudinal field.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Novotny, L., Beversluis, M. R., Youngworth, K. S., & Brown, T. G.
- Venue
- Physical Review Letters
- Publisher
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Published
- 2001-06-04
- Volume
- 86
- Issue
- 23
- Pages
- 5251-5254
- ISSN
- 0031-9007 (ISSN-L)
- 1079-7114
- OpenAlex
- W1966917553
- Cited by
- 750
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 9.43
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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