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Original language | English |
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Article number | 15420 |
Pages (from-to) | 15420 |
Number of pages | 1 |
Journal | Scientific reports |
Volume | 7 |
Issue number | 1 |
Publication status | Published - 1 Dec 2017 |
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Keywords
- Light-matter interaction, Scattering, Absorption, Extinction
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Absorption and Extinction Cross Sections and Photon Streamlines in the Optical Near-field
AU - Striebel, Moritz
AU - Wrachtrup, Jörg
AU - Gerhardt, Ilja
N1 - Funding information: I.G. acknowledges the discussions with G. Wrigge and G. Zumofen (ETH Zürich) regarding this topic. Jeff Young (UBC Vancouver) is acknowledged for his support and insights. We acknowledge funding from the Max Planck-UBC quantum materials center, the Max Planck Society (J.W., Max Planck fellowship), and the EU via the project SIQS.
PY - 2017/12/1
Y1 - 2017/12/1
N2 - The optical interaction of light and matter is modeled as an oscillating dipole in a plane wave electromagnetic field. We analyze absorption, scattering and extinction for this system by the energy flow, visualized as streamlines of the Poynting vector. Depending on the dissipative damping of the oscillator, a part of the streamlines ends up in the dipole. Based on a graphical investigation of the streamlines, this represents the absorption cross section, and forms a far-field absorption aperture. In the near-field of the oscillator, a modification of the aperture is observed. As in the case for a linear dipole, we model the energy flow and derive the effective absorption apertures for an oscillator with a circular dipole characteristics - such as an atom in free space.
AB - The optical interaction of light and matter is modeled as an oscillating dipole in a plane wave electromagnetic field. We analyze absorption, scattering and extinction for this system by the energy flow, visualized as streamlines of the Poynting vector. Depending on the dissipative damping of the oscillator, a part of the streamlines ends up in the dipole. Based on a graphical investigation of the streamlines, this represents the absorption cross section, and forms a far-field absorption aperture. In the near-field of the oscillator, a modification of the aperture is observed. As in the case for a linear dipole, we model the energy flow and derive the effective absorption apertures for an oscillator with a circular dipole characteristics - such as an atom in free space.
KW - Light-matter interaction
KW - Scattering
KW - Absorption
KW - Extinction
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U2 - 10.1038/s41598-017-15528-w
DO - 10.1038/s41598-017-15528-w
M3 - Article
VL - 7
SP - 15420
JO - Scientific reports
JF - Scientific reports
SN - 2045-2322
IS - 1
M1 - 15420
ER -