Stimulated emission does not radiate in a pure dipole pattern

• Published in: Optica Vol. 11; no. 4; p. 464
• Main Authors: Barentine, Andrew E. S., Moerner, W. E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 20.04.2024

Stimulated emission (StE) remains relatively unused as an image-forming signal despite having potential advantages over fluorescence in speed, coherence, and ultimately resolution. Several ideas for the radiation pattern and directionality of StE remain prevalent, namely, whether a single molecule w...