Title :
Apertureless optical near-field imaging of localized modes of silicon nanodisks
Author :
Habteyes, Terefe G. ; Staude, Isabelle ; Chong, Katie E. ; Dominguez, Jason ; Decker, Manuel ; Miroshnichenko, Andrey E. ; Kivshar, Yuri S. ; Brener, Igal
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Chem. & Chem. Biol., Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Abstract :
We measure near-field distributions of Mie-type optical modes of silicon nanodisks using apertureless near-field optical microscopy. Excellent agreement with numerical predictions is obtained, further enabling multipole analysis of the observed modes.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; nanophotonics; nanostructured materials; near-field scanning optical microscopy; optical images; silicon; Mie-type optical modes; Si; apertureless optical near-field imaging; localized modes; multipole analysis; near-field distributions; silicon nanodisks; Nanoparticles; Optical device fabrication; Optical imaging; Optical polarization; Optical scattering; Optical variables measurement; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
