Single molecules observed by immersion mirror objective. A novel method of finding the orientation of a radiating dipole

被引:57
作者
Jasny, J
Sepiol, J
机构
[1] Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Pl-01-224 Warsaw
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10.1016/S0009-2614(97)00621-0
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
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070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
A novel method for determining the angular orientation of the transition dipole moment of single emitting molecules is presented. It is based on the analysis of light intensity distribution in the image space of the mirror objective. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.
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页码:439 / 443
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