Interaction of highly focused vector beams with a metal knife-edge

Marchenko P, Orlov S, Huber C, Banzer P, Quabis S, Peschel U, Leuchs G (2011)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2011

Journal

Optics Express Optical Society of America

Book Volume: 19

Pages Range: 7244-7261

Journal Issue: 8

DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.007244

Abstract

We investigate the interaction of highly focused linearly polarized optical beams with a metal knife-edge both theoretically and experimentally. A high numerical aperture objective focusses beams of various wavelengths onto samples of different sub-wavelength thicknesses made of several opaque and pure materials. The standard evaluation of the experimental data shows material and sample dependent spatial shifts of the reconstructed intensity distribution, where the orientation of the electric field with respect to the edge plays an important role. A deeper understanding of the interaction between the knife-edge and the incoming highly focused beam is gained in our theoretical model by considering eigenmodes of the metal-insulator-metal structure. We achieve good qualitative agreement of our numerical simulations with the experimental findings.

Authors with CRIS profile

Peter Banzer Professur für Experimentalphysik Ulf Peschel Professur für Experimentalphysik Gerhard Leuchs Lehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik (Optik)

Additional Organisation(s)

Exzellenz-Cluster Engineering of Advanced Materials

Involved external institutions

Max-Planck-Institut für die Physik des Lichts (MPL) / Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Marchenko, P., Orlov, S., Huber, C., Banzer, P., Quabis, S., Peschel, U., & Leuchs, G. (2011). Interaction of highly focused vector beams with a metal knife-edge. Optics Express, 19(8), 7244-7261. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.19.007244

MLA:

Marchenko, P., et al. "Interaction of highly focused vector beams with a metal knife-edge." Optics Express 19.8 (2011): 7244-7261.

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