Light propagation mapping in surface waveguides using nano carbon probe grown on polymer tipped optical fiber

Author

Sedaghat, Z. ; Rumyantseva, A. ; Bruyant, A. ; Kochtcheev, S. ; Blaize, S. ; Jradi, S. ; Bachelot, Renaud

Author_Institution

LNIO, Univ. de Technol. de Troyes, Troyes, France

fYear

2011

fDate

8-11 Aug. 2011

Firstpage

69

Lastpage

70

Abstract

We report on the fabrication, simulation and use of carbon nano-probes grown on the apex of polymer-tipped optical fibers. The carbon needles are used as near-field scattering probes to image light propagation in surface waveguides. The scattered light is selectively and efficiently coupled in the supporting optical fiber through the polymeric structure which is used here as a submicronic collection optics. This combination leads to high spatial resolution and high detection efficiency.

Keywords

carbon; light propagation; light scattering; nanophotonics; optical fibre fabrication; optical polymers; optical waveguides; C; carbon nanoprobe fabrication; carbon needles; light propagation mapping; light scattering; near-field scattering; polymer tipped optical fiber; polymeric structure; spatial resolution; submicronic collection optics; surface waveguides; Carbon; Optical fibers; Optical surface waves; Polymers; Probes; Near-field optical microscopy (SNOM); Polymer-tipped optical fiber (PTOF);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics (OMN), 2011 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Istanbul

ISSN

2160-5033

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0334-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OMEMS.2011.6031034

Filename

6031034