TY - JOUR
T1 - Spatially dependent Rabi oscillations
T2 - An approach to sub-diffraction-limited coherent anti-Stokes Raman-scattering microscopy
AU - Beeker, Willem P.
AU - Lee, Chris J.
AU - Boller, Klaus-Jochen
AU - Groß, Petra
AU - Cleff, Carsten
AU - Fallnich, Carsten
AU - Offerhaus, Herman L.
AU - Herek, Jennifer L.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - We present a theoretical investigation of coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) that is modulated by periodically depleting the ground-state population through Rabi oscillations driven by an additional control laser. We find that such a process generates optical sidebands in the CARS spectrum and that the frequency of the sidebands depends on the intensity of the control laser light field. We show that analyzing the sideband frequency upon scanning the beams across the sample allows one to spatially resolve emitter positions where a spatial resolution of 65 nm, which is well below the diffraction limit, can be obtained.
AB - We present a theoretical investigation of coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) that is modulated by periodically depleting the ground-state population through Rabi oscillations driven by an additional control laser. We find that such a process generates optical sidebands in the CARS spectrum and that the frequency of the sidebands depends on the intensity of the control laser light field. We show that analyzing the sideband frequency upon scanning the beams across the sample allows one to spatially resolve emitter positions where a spatial resolution of 65 nm, which is well below the diffraction limit, can be obtained.
U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevA.81.012507
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevA.81.012507
M3 - Article
SN - 1050-2947
VL - 81
JO - Physical review A: Atomic, molecular, and optical physics
JF - Physical review A: Atomic, molecular, and optical physics
IS - 1
M1 - 012507
ER -