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Hologramsputergeedaalsorothermaterials.Theideaisthatthesurfaceshapemimiterferehereferendobjectwaves,sothatraisedpartsdthtfringesandlowpartstain,illuminatingthiswithareferencewavecausesscatteredlighttoimitatethewavefrontsoftheobject.Thiskindofhologramisusedasasecuritydeviebanknotes(suchastheUK£20note,ofholographicimagesofthe18thturyScottisheSmithoheyarehardtomakeandrequireadvaneeringtocopy.

Limitstoimaging,redux

Theictureoflightalsoexplaiseeinfinitesimallysmallobjegamicroscope,justasAbberealized.Verytinythings—downtoabouthalfofonemiillionthofametre,orabouthalfawavelengthofvisiblelight)beseenusinganhtmiuchmoresophisticatedmethodsarerequiredtoseeevehihatthewaveputsalowerlimitonthesizeofaspotoflight.

Ihatwhentwolightbeamsmeet,theyiioude—darkfriahesefriuallydetermiwhisiheangleisverylarge,thefringespagissmall;iftheangleissmall,thefringespagislarger.Thesmallestpossibleseparationesisoh,oraboutonemiforvisiblelight.

Now,ifthisfriernisrecordedasahologram,theisilluminatedagainwiththereferewobeamswillemergeiiobeamsthatwereusedtorecordtheieroseesugepatternwithamicroscopethelensmustcapturebothofthesebeamstees.Ifthisdidn’thappehelensly,thentherewouldbenointerfereheimage.

ThisisthephysicalbasisofAbbe’sthatIintroduChapter2:themaximumaturedbythelensofanimagihemihatberesolved.It’sstraightforwardtoseetheaemdoistoseeobjectsizesofaboutthewavelengthoftheillumination.Thusallightmicrosseeverytis,aboutfiftytimessmallerthanahumanhair,butnotmuchsmallerthanthis.Theybeusedtolookatbiologicalcells,butnottheuclei,forinstance.

&ionimaging

Optitistsandengineershavefoundanumberofverycleverwaystogetarousizelimitsposedbyicroscopes,sothattheysidecells,orviewobjectsthataremorethanoimessmallerthahoflight.Theseismakeuseoferialsandprocesses,suchastheabilitytoattaetre-scaleparticlestotheobjectsyouwishtosee,ortoihatemitlightiheseemitlight(theyfluoresce)atalohwhentheyareilluminatedbyabeamoflightatshths.Siheyaremuchsmallerthaionofthemicross,theresultingimageisaspotthesizeofwhitirelylimitedbythemicroscopeoptics,agtoAbbe’sformula.Buttheexatreofthisimagebelocatedverypreciselybyusiakealonglookatthefluoresceoftheattaopartiddetermiionofthemaximumiyofthespot.Thisapproachiscalledphoto-activatedloicros,andwasiedbyEricBetzigihasrevolutionizedlivecellimaging,allowingfasteraahresolutionoverawidefieldofview.

Ahodfsmallstrulargerfluorestobjectsistoshineaseularbeamocausestheobjectsillumihisbeamtohavetheirfluoresguished,sothattheremainingfluoresbelocatedpreciselybythesameapproachasdescribedpreviously.Thismethodiscalledstimulatedemissioionmicroscopy,orSTED,andwasiefanHellinGermany.Iwilldescribetheproulatedemissioailihesenovelwaysofmakiioeracellularstruagedhavehadenormousimpabiologyandmedideedthesighisimpactwasreizedwhenthe2014NobelPrizeirywasawardedtoBetzigandHell.

TheprotifiedbyAbbeworksioo.liedtotheilluminationofasamplebymeansofamicross,itsaysthatalightbeamotbefouchsmallerihah.Agaihefodseofahelensproduthesidethatfacestowardstheobject:thebreofraydires,thetighterthefocusofthelight.

&ioherangeofaerferihesizeestructuresturnsouttobeaveryfualpropertyofwaves.ThisideawasquantifiedbyJosephFourier,aFreoftheearly19thtury,whoprovidedadetailedmathematialysisoflightagatioheoremsaysihatthesmalleryoufocuslight,thebreofwavediresyouoachievethisspot.

Diffra

Thisexplaiureoflightbeams—theygraduallydivergeastheypropagate.Thisisbecauseabeamoflight,whichbydefinitionhasalimitedspatialextent,mustbemadeupofagateihaheideabetestedusier.Thebeamemittedbythelaseritselfisabout10μm(tenmillionthsofametre)orsoier.Whehes,itisabout1mm(athousandthofametre)ier.Andifitweresentfurtheraway,saytotheMoon(approximately400,000km),thenitwouldbeabout24kmihisphenomenoniscalleddiffra.

Diffraeiingapplideterminingtheshapeaructures.Forinstanyoushineabeamoflightohsmallholesinit,ofdiameterparabletothewavelengthofthelight,thelightdiffractsthroughtheapertures,spreadingiiontothesizeoftheaperture.Thesediffractedbeamsinterferesomedistanceawayfromthesdtheresultinginterfereheso-calleddiffrapatterhingaboutthesizeaivelooftheapertures.Foriheyareinaregulararray,theionpatternwillalsularities.Theadvantageofusingsustomeasurethistypeofobjectisthatyoudoohaveveryexpensiveorplissystemsordetectorsclosetotheobjeplylookatthepatterhasnaturallyexpaodiffra.

Now,imagihesisreplacedbyatrasolidmaterial,sayacrystallizedproteinstructure.The‘holes’arereplacedbytheatomsieinmolecule,whichareverysmallindeedaedtooherbybondsiareaboutohofabillionthofametre(0.1h.Iflightwithawavelengthofaboutthissizeilluminatessuchastructure,thewillbediffracted.Theactualstruoleculeitselfbedetermihediffrapattern.ThisisthebasisofX-raydiffra.AsnotediwasfamouslyusediofiureofDNAandisnowaveryontooliry,usedregularlyfoutthestruoleculesthatmightbeusefulindevelsforexample.ItrequiresabrightX-raylightsource,aswellasameaalsoutofthemolecules.Figure20showsadiffrapatternfromacrystalofbovierovirus.

20.AnX-raydifrapatternofaproteincrystaltakenusingamodernsynX-raysource.

It’sclearthatifyouwanttotransmitlightdistahendiffracouldbeaprobleItwillcausetheehelightbeamtospreadout,sothatyouwouldneedabiggeraicalsystemaocaptureallofit.Thisisimportantforteleunis,sinearlyalloftheinformationtransmitted-distanunislinksiseolightbeams.

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&omaionsothatlong-distanuniispossibleistousewaveguides,suchasopticalfibres.Awaveguideisastructurethathasacarefullydesignedprofilefortherefradex.Forexample,theiionaopticalfibreisarrathe‘core’,withadiameterofafewmillionthsofametre,hasahigherihesurrounding‘g’.Thelightisedtothishigherindexovesalongthefibrewith,remainingthesamesizedistances—acrosstheAtlantiviaunderseaple.Thismeanslightisthebasisofatiationinfrastruunistosensors.

Polarization

Thefinalimportahewavemodelisthecharacteristicofpolarizatiointraheundulationsoadireatrightahedireationoftheortawosuchdiresfortheseundulations.

siderwaves,forinstanoveoneendofaropeupanddoidly,youseetheundulatioherope.Asimilarthinghappensifyoumovetheeandrightequallyrapidly.Bothvertidhorizontalossareatrightahemotionofthewavedowhewavesaresaidtobe‘transverse’.

Lightwavesbehavesimilarly.Forexample,horizontallyphthasaricfieldthatoscillatesinahorizoiveto,say,anoptich).Similarly,thefieldofaverticallyphtbeamoscillatesiie.(Therearemoreplisofpolarizationtoo,butthesewillsuffiow.)Thephenomenenbeexplaiingthatacrystalisastrusinveryspedhighlyrepeatableucells’,gofafewatoms,maythemselvesbeasymmetridihelightispolarizedalongthelongaxisortheshortaxisoftheuwillexperienceadiffereiveihuswillbedeviatedbydifferentamountsasitpropagatesthroughabloaterial.

&heaysinwhichpolarizationoflightisexploitedisinsunglasses.Someoftheseuseleicmaterial(forexample,asheetofPolaroidplastic)thatactsasapolarizer—thatis,awhismitslightofaparticularpolarizatioidabsorbsthatonalpolarization(horizontal).Polaroidismadefrby-ballshapedmoleculesthatarealignedaheplastier.Thesemoleculespreferentiallyabshtthatispolarizedalongtheaxisofalighemoleerallysunlightscatteredfromobjectshasarandompolarizatihly50pertofeachpolarizatiohelightofonepolarizatioivelyreducesthebrighthesebyhalf.Further,plassesreduceglare:thatis,lightrefleshinyflatsurfaces,suchasthehoodandwindsofcars.Thesesurfadtoreflectahigherproportionoflightpolarizediiohesurfaeffectdisthe19thturybySirDavidBrewsterandnownamedforhim).Suchreflesareblockedbyspectaclesthatarestruthemaedhere,makingforclearervisionoftheroad.

Trabirefrierialsalsogethepolarizationoflightwiththelight.Thisisbecausethespeedoflightdepeionofpolarizatioothe‘orientatioerial.Somematerials,suchaslass,havenospetation:yourotatethematerialwithheeffealightbeaAsnotedabove,atentmaterialsarearrangedinsuchawaythatthereisapreferehesymmetryaxis—alongoolight.Thatis,lightpolarizedaloryaxiswillgoslower(say)thanlightpolarizedperpendiculartotheaxis.Now,imagihelightispolarizedat45degreestothesymmetryaxis.Wesiderthathalfofthislightisthehesymmetrydiredhalfpolarizedatrightahisdire.Ifthelatterissloweddownbyasuffitamouhelightemergiherfaaterialbepolarizedat-45degrees.Thusthedireofpolarizatioed’by90degrees.

Sentmaterialsbeusedtotrolthestateofpolarization,byactivelyadjustiionofthealigaxisofthemolecules,say,usingaageaaterialitself.Ahisisaaterialscalledliquidcrystals(LCs),whisistofelongatedmolecules.TheorientationofthemoleanLbetrolledbyapplyingavoltagea.Othermaterialsbeebirefriwheressesareapplied,becausetheforcecausesthemoleculestorotateortheatomstogealighisphehestruofforthestateofpolarizationoflightattheoutputoftheoptisor.

Plagapieceewopolarizersalsoallowstrolofthelightiybymearie.Applyingavoltagereorientsthemolecules,thusgtherefradexseenbyaphtbeaIfapolarizerisplacedaftertheLdependingontheappliedvoltageagreaterorlesseramountoflightwillbetrahroughthefinalpolarizer.Anarrayofsuch‘cells’,eabyaseparateelectrial,beusedtoformadisplaywhereeachcellisasihisisthebasisofaliquidcrystaldisplay(Ldisoftenusedforputerdisplaysdtelevisios.

Infact,suchdisplaysbeusedtoshow3Dmovies.Theillusiohesemoviesderivesfromthestereographyofhumanvision.Eachofoureyesseesasaslightlydifferentlo,siheyareafewtimetresapartinourskulls.Thetwoimagesarebinediniveusaperofdepth.

Thisillusionisreprodug3Dglassesbymeansofpolarization.Trojetothedisplayors.Eachoftheseisgeedusinglightofaspecificpolarization,andeaaslightlydifferehe3Dglassesarepolarizerssetatdiffereionsthatallowtransmissioothelefteyeaheright,eapletelyblogthealterhasthe‘wrong’polarization.Thuswehaveaseheseisaswewouldperceiveitiuralworld—thatis,theillusionofathree-dimensiemesandpeople.

Thesuccessesofthewavemodeloflighthavebeenstunning,allowingustouaantcharacteristicsoflightahisuandingtobuildeologies.AndthesuccessesoftheraypictureoflighthavebeenequallyamaziislypuzzlingthattarentlyverydifferentviewsofwhatlightisshouldbeistothisthatInowturn.

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