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Area of Science:

Optics and Photonics
Molecular Biophysics
Nanotechnology

Background:

Optical microresonators confine light, enabling enhanced light-matter interactions.
Radially polarized laser beams exhibit unique field distributions.
Understanding vector properties of light fields is crucial for nanoscale applications.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the bimodal field distribution of a radially polarized laser beam within an optical lambda/2-microresonator.
To utilize single-molecule dipoles as probes for vector field properties.
To determine the three-dimensional orientation of a single-molecule dipole.

Main Methods:

Employing a tightly focused radially polarized laser beam.
Utilizing a single-molecule dipole as a nanoscale sensor.
Precisely tuning the microresonator length with nanometer accuracy.
Comparing experimental excitation patterns with theoretical calculations.

Main Results:

Observed an unusual bimodal field distribution generated by the laser beam in the microresonator.
Successfully probed the vector properties of the light field using the single-molecule dipole.
Achieved nanometer-precision control over the resonator length to map field variations.
Experimental data matched calculated excitation patterns, validating the approach.

Conclusions:

The study demonstrates a novel method for characterizing complex optical fields at the nanoscale.
Single-molecule probing provides a sensitive tool for mapping vector field distributions.
This technique enables precise determination of single-molecule dipole orientation within optical microcavities.