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Lorentz microscopy of optical fields

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  • John H. Gaida

    (Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences
    University of Göttingen)

  • Hugo Lourenço-Martins

    (Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences
    University of Göttingen)

  • Sergey V. Yalunin

    (Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences
    University of Göttingen)

  • Armin Feist

    (Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences
    University of Göttingen)

  • Murat Sivis

    (Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences
    University of Göttingen)

  • Thorsten Hohage

    (University of Göttingen)

  • F. Javier García de Abajo

    (The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology
    ICREA-Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats)

  • Claus Ropers

    (Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences
    University of Göttingen)

Abstract

In electron microscopy, detailed insights into nanoscale optical properties of materials are gained by spontaneous inelastic scattering leading to electron-energy loss and cathodoluminescence. Stimulated scattering in the presence of external sample excitation allows for mode- and polarization-selective photon-induced near-field electron microscopy (PINEM). This process imprints a spatial phase profile inherited from the optical fields onto the wave function of the probing electrons. Here, we introduce Lorentz-PINEM for the full-field, non-invasive imaging of complex optical near fields at high spatial resolution. We use energy-filtered defocus phase-contrast imaging and iterative phase retrieval to reconstruct the phase distribution of interfering surface-bound modes on a plasmonic nanotip. Our approach is universally applicable to retrieve the spatially varying phase of nanoscale fields and topological modes.

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  • John H. Gaida & Hugo Lourenço-Martins & Sergey V. Yalunin & Armin Feist & Murat Sivis & Thorsten Hohage & F. Javier García de Abajo & Claus Ropers, 2023. "Lorentz microscopy of optical fields," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-8, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:14:y:2023:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-023-42054-3
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-42054-3
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