Near-field probing of slow Bloch modes on photonic crystals with a nanoantenna

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 4124-4135

  Vo, T P ^a   Mivelle, M ^c,e   Callard, S ^a   Rahmani, A ^b   Baida, F ^c   Charraut, D ^a   Belarouci, A ^d   Nedeljkovic, D ^a   Seassal, C ^e   Burr, G W ^c   Grosjean, T ^a  

^a ECOLE CENTRALE DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^d Lovalite Sas   (France)

^e IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL COATINGS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

BOW TIE; CIRCULAR APERTURE; COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; METAL-COATED FIBER; NANO-APERTURES; NANOANTENNAS; NEAR-FIELD; NEAR-FIELD PROBING; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; POLARIZATION RATIOS; SIGNAL TO NOISE; SLOW BLOCH MODES; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TRADE OFF;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 84857300502     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.004124     Document Type: Article

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