000K utf8 1100 2023$c2023-06-06 1500 eng 2050 urn:nbn:de:gbv:27-dbt-20240226-160237-008 2051 10.1364/OPTICA.486144 3000 Gui, Fengji 3010 Foerster, Ronny 3010 Hofmann, Johannes 3010 Jiang, Shiqi 3010 Scheibinger, Ramona 3010 Schmidt, Markus A. 3010 Wieduwilt, Torsten 4000 Light strands$dexploring flat-field modes in optofluidic fibers for tracking single nano-objects [Gui, Fengji] 4060 8 Seiten 4209 Structured light has enabled access to new physics and applications, and has particular potential in nanoscience. Here, we present a concept for creating light fields with constant intensity along all three spatial directions—a light strand— within externally accessible liquid-filled nanochannels integrated into optical fiber cores. We demonstrate all relevant properties of this mode, as well as a universally valid condition for obtaining flat fields and experimental evidence from nanoparticle tracking experiments. This concept can be adapted to other waveguides and could be valuable for characterizing rapidly diffusing nanoparticles in life science, analyzing nanoscale chemical reactions, investigating nanorheological phenomena, and understanding fundamental light–matter interactions. 4950 https://doi.org/10.1364/OPTICA.486144$xR$3Volltext$534 4950 https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv:27-dbt-20240226-160237-008$xR$3Volltext$534 4961 https://www.db-thueringen.de/receive/dbt_mods_00059656 5051 530