Title :
Low temperature near-field scanning optical microscopy of IR and THz surface-plasmon quantum cascade lasers
Author :
Moldovan-Doyen, Ioana ; Babuty, Arthur ; Bousseksou, Adel ; Colombelli, Raffaele ; Grésillon, Samuel ; De Wilde, Yannick
Author_Institution :
Lab. d´´Opt. Phys., ESPCI Paritech, Paris, France
Abstract :
We present the first scattering type near-field scanning optical microscope operating at low temperature. This instrument is ideal to study infrared and terahertz QCLs combined with metallic photonic crystal resonators and surface plasmon waveguides.
Keywords :
Instruments; Optical microscopy; Optical resonators; Optical scattering; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Particle scattering; Quantum cascade lasers; Surface emitting lasers; Temperature;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
