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BP: Fachverband Biologische Physik
BP 7: Superresolution Optical Microscopy (focus session)
BP 7.9: Vortrag
Montag, 16. März 2015, 17:00–17:15, H 1028
A Scanning Cavity Microscope — •Matthias Mader1,2, Jakob Reichel3, Theodor W. Hänsch1,2, and David Hunger1,2 — 1Ludiwgs-Maximilans-Universität München, Fakultät für Physik, Schellingstraße 4, 80799 München — 2Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Hans-Kopfermann-Straße 1, 85748 Garching — 3Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, ENS/UPMC-Paris 6/CNRS, 24 rue Lhomond, 75005 Paris
We present a versatile tool for ultra-sensitive and spatially resolved optical characterization of single nanoparticles.
Using signal enhancement in a scanning optical microcavity made of a micromachined optical fiber and a plane mirror [1] we measure the polarization dependent extinction of a single nanoparticle as well as its birefringence. Harnessing multiple interactions of probe light with a sample within the optical resonator, we achieve a 1700-fold signal enhancement compared to diffraction-limited microscopy. We demonstrate quantitative imaging of the extinction cross section of gold nanoparticles with a sensitivity below 1 nm2, we show a method to improve spatial resolution potentially below the diffraction limit by using higher order cavity modes, and we present measurements of the birefringence and extinction contrast of gold nanorods [2].
[1] D. Hunger, T. Steinmetz, Y. Colombe, C. Deutsch, T. W. Hänsch and J. Reichel, New J. Phys. 12, pp. 065038 (2010)
[2] M. Mader, J. Reichel, T. W. Hänsch and D. Hunger, arXiv preprint arXiv:1411.7180 (2014)