Amplitude and phase evolution of optical fields inside periodic photonic structures

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1384-1393

  Fluck E ^a   Hammer, M ^b   Otter, A M ^a   Korterik, J P ^a   Kuipers, L ^a   Van Hulst, N F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Microscopy; Near field optics; Optical imaging; Optical interferometry; Optical losses; Optical planar waveguides; Optical propagation; Optical scattering; Periodic structures; Phase measurement; Scanning probe microscopy; Standing wave measurements

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTONS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

PHOTONIC STRUCTURES;

CRYSTALS;

EID: 0043201354     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2003.810602     Document Type: Article

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