Title :
FDTD simulation of near-field fiber probe with distinctive tapered structures
Author :
Bo Gong ; Tielin Shi ; Wei Zhu ; Xiaoping Li ; Guanglan Liao ; Shiyuan Liu ; Zirong Tang
Author_Institution :
Wuhan Nat. Lab. for Optoelectron., Huazhong Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Wuhan, China
Abstract :
We propose a distinctive tapered structure of near-field fiber probe to improve the propagation efficiency. By FDTD simulations, we examine the dependence of the efficiency on the tapered structure parameters.
Keywords :
finite difference time-domain analysis; near-field scanning optical microscopy; optical fibres; probes; FDTD simulation; distinctive tapered structures; near-field fiber probe; propagation efficiency;
Conference_Titel :
Fiber Optics and Photonics (PHOTONICS), 2012 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chennai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4718-1