Title :
Scanning Near-Field Microscopy of Photonic Crystal Fibers
Author :
Foroni, M. ; Poli, F. ; Cucinotta, A. ; Selleri, S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Eng., Parma Univ.
Abstract :
A spectrally resolving scanning near-field optical microscope (SNOM) has been developed in order to study the field distribution of the fundamental mode guided by a photonic crystal fiber. Moreover, through this near-field based technique effective area measurements have been realized
Keywords :
near-field scanning optical microscopy; optical fibre testing; photonic crystals; effective area measurements; fundamental mode; near-field based technique; photonic crystal fibers; scanning near-field microscopy; scanning near-field optical microscope; Fiber nonlinear optics; Lattices; Nonlinear optics; Optical coupling; Optical fibers; Optical microscopy; Photonic crystal fibers; Pixel; Probes; Stimulated emission; effective area; near-field optical microscopy; photonic crystal fiber;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks, 2006 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Nottingham
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0235-2
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0236-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2006.248343