Probing the Magnetic Field of Light at Optical Frequencies

被引：208

作者：

Burresi, M. ^{[1
]}

van Oosten, D. ^{[1
]}

Kampfrath, T. ^{[1
]}

Schoenmaker, H. ^{[1
]}

Heideman, R. ^{[2
]}

Leinse, A. ^{[2
]}

Kuipers, L. ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] FOM Inst Atom & Mol Phys AMOLF, Stichting Fundamenteel Onderzoek Mat FOM Inst, Ctr Nanophoton, NL-1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands

[2] Univ Twente, LioniX BV, NL-7500 AH Enschede, Netherlands

来源：

SCIENCE | 2009年 / 326卷 / 5952期

关键词：

METAMATERIAL; INDEX;

D O I：

10.1126/science.1177096

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

Light is an electromagnetic wave composed of oscillating electric and magnetic fields, the one never occurring without the other. In light-matter interactions at optical frequencies, the magnetic component of light generally plays a negligible role. When we "see" or detect light, only its electric field is perceived; we are practically blind to its magnetic component. We used concepts from the field of metamaterials to probe the magnetic field of light with an engineered near-field aperture probe. We visualized with subwavelength resolution the magnetic- and electric-field distribution of propagating light.

引用

页码：550 / 553

页数：4

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