2005
DOI: 10.1016/j.photonics.2005.09.007
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Near-field optics and control of photonic crystals

Abstract: We discuss recent progress and the exciting potential of scanning probe microscopy methods for the characterization and control of photonic crystals. We demonstrate that scanning near-field optical microscopy can be used to characterize the performance of photonic crystal device components on the sub-wavelength scale. In addition, we propose scanning probe techniques for realizing local, low-loss tuning of photonic crystal resonances, based on the frequency shifts that high-index nanoscopic probes can induce. … Show more

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“…However, the use of such microscope keeps growing during the last 10 years especially due to its ability to make very local detection of the light distribution surrounding very small samples. Thus, quantum dots [3][4][5][6], photonic crystals [7][8][9][10][11][12][13], or nonlinear materials (Raman, fluorescence, ...) [14][15][16][17] are currently characterized thanks to optical near-field microscopes working with conventional tips (coated or uncoated tapered optical fibers). Apertureless nearfield optical microscopes are often used by exploiting the tip effect, also named the "antenna effect", that leads to a large light confinement at the tip apex (see [18] and references therein).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, the use of such microscope keeps growing during the last 10 years especially due to its ability to make very local detection of the light distribution surrounding very small samples. Thus, quantum dots [3][4][5][6], photonic crystals [7][8][9][10][11][12][13], or nonlinear materials (Raman, fluorescence, ...) [14][15][16][17] are currently characterized thanks to optical near-field microscopes working with conventional tips (coated or uncoated tapered optical fibers). Apertureless nearfield optical microscopes are often used by exploiting the tip effect, also named the "antenna effect", that leads to a large light confinement at the tip apex (see [18] and references therein).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…These include using heaters to achieve thermo-optic tuning [4,5], and pore infiltration by liquids [6], polymers [7] or liquid crystals [8] to achieve a broad tuning range. The progress in micrometer-scale integrated optics has led to an increase in attention for mechanical tuning [9][10][11][12]. Mechano-optical interactions have been utilized in for example sensor [13] and actuator [14] applications to modulate the evanescent field.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…By use of refractive index matching liquid [19] with a refractive index of 1.483, a near-field scanning optical microscope (NSOM) image of the intensity distribution of the stationary wave field of the Ag layer surface was taken within a 1 m × 1 m area in the Y-Z plane chosen at random as shown in Figure 5, and the stationary wave field shows periodic distribution with a period of 85.0 nm along the Z-axis, in good agreement with the theoretical value 80.1 nm.…”
Section: Fabrication and Measurementmentioning
confidence: 99%