• DocumentCode
    2086668
  • Title

    Radial polarization minimizes focal spot size

  • Author

    Quabis, S. ; Dorn, R. ; Müller, J. ; Rurimo, G.K. ; Leuchs, G.

  • Author_Institution
    Max Planck Forschungsgruppe, Erlangen-Nurnberg Univ., Erlangen
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    21-21 May 2004
  • Firstpage
    615
  • Lastpage
    616
  • Abstract
    We experimentally demonstrate that a radially polarized beam can be focused to a spot size significantly smaller than for linear polarization and that the longitudinal field component arising at focus best coupled to small particles
  • Keywords
    light polarisation; optical focusing; focal spot size; radially polarized beam;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics Conference, 2004. (IQEC). International
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-778-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1366917