Design and optimization of tapered structure of near-field fibre probe based on finite-difference time-domain simulation

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 202, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 50-52

  Nakamura, H ^a,c   Sato, T ^a   Kambe, H ^b   Sawada, K ^a   Saiki, T ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR FUSION SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KANAGAWA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aperture probe; Collection efficiency; Finite difference time domain (FDTD) method; Near field scanning optical microscopy; Taper structure

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; NEAR FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL FIBERS; PROBES; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; WAVEGUIDES;

APERTURE PROBES; COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION; FIBRE PROBE; GUIDING MODE; NEAR FIELDS; NEARFIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PROBE-BASED; TAPER STRUCTURE; TAPERED STRUCTURE;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD;

CONDUCTANCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; LIGHT SCATTERING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCANNING NEAR FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SIMULATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0035062028     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.2001.00804.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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