Highly confined optical fields in a parabolic mirror
with high numerical aperture
Including comparisons with an objective lens
M. Andreas Lieb and Alfred J. Meixner
Physikalische Chemie I, Universität Siegen, Germany
lieb@chemie.uni-siegen.de
meixner@chemie.uni-siegen.de
Contents
introduction
theory
scalar vs. vectorial theory
different polarizations
influence of the NA
objective lens vs. parabolic mirror:
energy density
and
polarization distribution
time evolution of the field distribution
electromagnetic field
Poynting-vector
off axis illumination and coma formation
collection mode (single molecule)
© 2001, University of Siegen
© 2001, University of Siegen
© 2001, University of Siegen