On the coupling efficiency of metal-coated near-field probes

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 202, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 351-358

  Alvarez, L ^a,c   Xiao, M ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE CIENCIAS DE LA MATERIA CONDENSADA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Guided modes; Moment method; Near field probes; Near field theory; Radiation modes; Subwavelength aperture

Indexed keywords

GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; METAL COATINGS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PROBES;

COUPLING EFFICIENCY; FIELD THEORY; GUIDED MODES; METAL-COATED; MOMENTS METHOD; NEAR FIELD PROBES; NEAR FIELDS; NEAR-FIELD THEORY; RADIATION MODE; SUBWAVELENGTH APERTURES;

METHOD OF MOMENTS;

GLASS FIBER;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FIBER; LIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING NEAR FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0035056219     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.2001.00863.x     Document Type: Article

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