Optical vortices and singularities due to interference in atomic radiation near a mirror

We consider radiation emitted by an electric dipole close to a mirror. We have studied the field lines of the Poynting vector, representing the flow lines of the electromagnetic energy, and we show that numerous singularities and subwavelength optical vortices appear in this energy flow pattern. We also show that the field line pattern in the plane of the mirror contains a singular circle across which the field lines change direction.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2009

Erschienen:

2009

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:34

Enthalten in:

Optics letters - 34(2009), 22 vom: 15. Nov., Seite 3595-7

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Li, Xin [VerfasserIn]
Shu, Jie [VerfasserIn]
Arnoldus, Henk F [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 08.03.2010

Date Revised 23.10.2018

published: Print

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1364/OL.34.003595

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM192956760