Imaging the dipole scattering of an optically levitated dielectric nanoparticle

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Abstract

We experimentally observe the dipole scattering of a nanoparticle using a high numerical aperture (NA) imaging system. The optically levitated nanoparticle provides an environment free of a particle-substrate interaction. We illuminate the silica nanoparticle in vacuum with a 532 nm laser beam orthogonally to the propagation direction of the 1064 nm trapping laser beam strongly focused by the same high NA objective used to collect the scattering, which results in a dark background and high signal-noise ratio. The dipole orientations of the nanoparticle induced by the linear polarization of the incident laser are studied by measuring the scattering light distribution in the image and the Fourier space (k-space) as we rotate the illuminating light polarization. The polarization vortex (vector beam) is observed for the special case, when the dipole orientation of the nanoparticle is aligned along the optical axis of the microscope objective. Our work offers an important platform for studying the scattering anisotropy with Kerker conditions.

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Jin, Y., Yan, J., Rahman, S. J., Yu, X., & Zhang, J. (2021). Imaging the dipole scattering of an optically levitated dielectric nanoparticle. Applied Physics Letters, 119(2). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0053008

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