Fourier-transform light scattering of individual colloidal clusters

Opt Lett. 2012 Jul 1;37(13):2577-9. doi: 10.1364/OL.37.002577.

Abstract

We present measurements of the scalar-field light scattering of individual dimer, trimer, and tetrahedron shapes among colloidal clusters. By measuring the electric field with quantitative phase imaging at the sample plane and then numerically propagating to the far-field scattering plane, the two-dimensional light-scattering patterns from individual colloidal clusters are effectively and precisely retrieved. The measured scattering patterns are consistent with simulated patterns calculated from the generalized multiparticle Mie solution.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Colloids
  • Dimerization
  • Fourier Analysis*
  • Light*
  • Microscopy
  • Polymethyl Methacrylate / chemistry*
  • Scattering, Radiation*

Substances

  • Colloids
  • Polymethyl Methacrylate