Near-field optical microscopy of light propagation through photonic crystal waveguide tapers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5840 PART I, Issue , 2005, Pages 110-117

  Wuest R ^a   Buchler, B C ^a   Harbers, R ^a   Strasser, P ^a   Rauscher, K ^a   Robin, F ^a   Erni, D ^a   Sandoghdar, V ^a   Jackel H ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Integrated Optics; Nano Optics; Planar Photonic Crystal Structures; Scanning Near field Optical Microscopy

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; INTEGRATED OPTICS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

NANO-OPTICS; PLANAR PHOTONIC CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; SCANNING NEAR-FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; WAVEGUIDE TRANSITIONS;

NEAR FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

EID: 28244476320     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.608252     Document Type: Conference Paper

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