Nanoscale coherent imaging of photonic structures by PSTM

Author

Kuipers, L. ; Balistreri, M.L.M. ; Flück, E. ; Korterik, J.P. ; van Hulst, N.F.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Appl. Phys., Twente Univ., Enschede, Netherlands

Volume

2

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

428

Abstract

We present an alternative instrument to map local optical field distributions: a photon scanning tunneling microscope (PSTM). In a PSTM a near-field optical fiber probe is used to frustrate the evanescent field above an integrated optical device. The evanescent wave is converted into a propagating wave that is coupled into the fiber, guided through it and subsequently detected by a photomultiplier tube

Keywords

integrated optics; optical microscopy; optical testing; photomultipliers; scanning tunnelling microscopy; PSTM; evanescent field; evanescent wave; fiber coupled wave; integrated optical device; local optical field distributions; nanoscale coherent imaging; near-field optical fiber probe; optical testing; photomultiplier tube; photon scanning tunneling microscope; photonic structures; propagating wave; Instruments; Optical devices; Optical fiber devices; Optical fibers; Optical imaging; Optical microscopy; Optical propagation; Optical surface waves; Probes; Tunneling;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society 2000 Annual Meeting. LEOS 2000. 13th Annual Meeting. IEEE

Conference_Location

Rio Grande

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5947-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2000.893897

Filename

893897