TIRF and p- s-polarized incident linght
Posted by
Shigeo Watanabe on
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Dear all,
I have questions about TIRF and polarized
light.
Incident light can be devided into p-
and s- polarized light.
Then what happen to these two light
when evanescent light is induced by these light.
Olympus webpage explains these, but
I could not understand these phrase.
"A non-zero longitudinal component and
phase lag manifests the p-polarized incident light, which has an evanescent
electric field vector direction that remains in the plane of incidence.
The longitudinal component induces the p-polarized light electric field
vector to "cartwheel" along the interface and produce elliptical
polarization of the evanescent field in the plane of propagation." |
Olympus web page is here.
http://www.olympusmicro.com/primer/java/tirf/evaintensity/index.html
I appreciate if there are somebody who
can explain these to me.
Sincerely
Shigeo Watanabe
Hamamatsu Photonics KK.