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A novel phase-sensitive scanning near-field optical microscope |
Wu Xiao-Yu (武晓宇), Sun Lin (孙琳), Tan Qiao-Feng (谭峭峰), Wang Jia (王佳) |
Department of Precision Instruments, State Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instruments, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China |
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Abstract Phase is one of the most important parameters of electromagnetic waves. It is the phase distribution that determines the propagation, reflection, refraction, focusing, divergence, and coupling features of light, and further affects the intensity distribution. In recent years, the designs of surface plasmon polariton (SPP) devices have mostly been based on the phase modulation and manipulation. Here we demonstrate a phase sensitive multi-parameter heterodyne scanning near-field optical microscope (SNOM) with an aperture probe in the visible range, with which the near field optical phase and amplitude distributions can be simultaneously obtained. A novel architecture combining a spatial optical path and a fiber optical path is employed for stability and flexibility. Two kinds of typical nano-photonic devices are tested with the system. With the phase-sensitive SNOM, the phase and amplitude distributions of any nano-optical field and localized field generated with any SPP nano-structures and irregular phase modulation surfaces can be investigated. The phase distribution and the interference pattern will help us to gain a better understanding of how light interacts with SPP structures and how SPP waves generate, localize, convert, and propagate on an SPP surface. This will be a significant guidance on SPP nano-structure design and optimization.
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Received: 15 August 2014
Revised: 24 November 2014
Accepted manuscript online:
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PACS:
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42.30.Rx
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(Phase retrieval)
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52.25.-b
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(Plasma properties)
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07.79.Fc
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(Near-field scanning optical microscopes)
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06.30.Ka
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(Basic electromagnetic quantities)
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Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61177089, 61227014, and 60978047). |
Corresponding Authors:
Tan Qiao-Feng
E-mail: tanqf@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn
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About author: 42.30.Rx; 52.25.-b; 07.79.Fc; 06.30.Ka |
Cite this article:
Wu Xiao-Yu (武晓宇), Sun Lin (孙琳), Tan Qiao-Feng (谭峭峰), Wang Jia (王佳) A novel phase-sensitive scanning near-field optical microscope 2015 Chin. Phys. B 24 054204
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