Imaging the scattered light of a nanoparticle through a cylindrical capillary

Abstract

In many experiments, nanoparticles are located inside a microfluidic channel, and the light scattered by the particles becomes diffracted through the walls of the capillary. We here derive a simple but accurate approach for simulating the imaging of light through a cylindrical capillary under the assumption that the dimensions of the capillary are much larger than the wavelength of light. A comparison of the simulated images with experimental results shows very good agreement.

Keywords

• optical microscopy
• mie scattering
• richards–wolf approach
• optofluidic force induction