Most optical probes measure the size of the electromagnetic field, but not its direction. A new development in near-field imaging now makes it possible to map vector fields on the nanoscale as never before.
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García-Vidal, F. Orient yourself. Nature Photon 1, 13–14 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2006.59
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